Commune Explained

A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:

Administrative-territorial entities

Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
- - - Communes of Algeria Communes of Angola
- Communes of Belgium
- Communes of Benin
- Communes of Burundi
- Communes of Chile
- Communes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Communes of France
- Communes of Italy, called comune
- Communes of Luxembourg
- Communes of Moldova, called comună
- Communes of Niger
- Communes of Romania, called comună
- Communes of Switzerland
- Commune-level subdivisions (Vietnam)
  - Commune (Vietnam)
  - Commune-level town (Vietnam)
- People's commune, highest of three administrative levels in rural China, 1958 to 1983

Government and military/defense

Agricultural commune, intentional community based on agricultural labor
Commune (rebellion), a synonym for uprising or revolutionary government
- Paris Commune (1789–1795), the government of Paris from 1792 until 1795
- Paris Commune (1871), a radical socialist and revolutionary government that ruled Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871
- Lyon Commune (1870–1871)
- Besançon Commune (1871)
- Strandzha Commune (1903)
- Morelos Commune (c. 1913–1917)
Medieval commune, a form of mutual defense alliance

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

La Commune (Paris, 1871), a 2000 French film
Commune (film), a 2005 documentary about Black Bear Ranch narrated by Peter Coyote
The Commune, a 2016 Danish film

Music

Commune (album) by Goat 2014
Commune, a 2003 album by Japanese singer Yuki Isoya

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Comunes Collective, a non-profit organization
Commune FC, a football club in Burkina Faso
The Commune, anarchist newspaper published by Guy Aldred
The commune, a book by Margaret Buckley (published in 1992 by Chrysalis Press in the UK,)

See also