collective municipality
C13569
concept
A collective municipality is an administrative unit comprising several smaller municipalities that collaborate to share services and governance functions while retaining their individual local identities.
All labels observed (21)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| upper-tier municipality | 45 |
| communauté de communes | 18 |
| collective municipality canonical | 17 |
| group of municipalities | 13 |
| Verwaltungsgemeinschaft | 5 |
| Verbandsgemeinde | 4 |
| Comunidade Intermunicipal | 1 |
| former collective municipality | 1 |
| inter-municipal governmental entity | 1 |
| inter-municipal public body | 1 |
| intermunicipal association | 1 |
| intermunicipal cooperation | 1 |
| inter‑municipal cooperation | 1 |
| municipal government unit collection | 1 |
| public inter-municipal body | 1 |
| public inter-municipal cooperation body | 1 |
| public territorial collectivity | 1 |
| public territorial establishment of inter-municipal cooperation | 1 |
| public territorial establishment of intercommunal cooperation | 1 |
| supra‑communal council | 1 |
| territorial collectivity association | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: collective municipality
Generated description
A collective municipality is an administrative unit comprising several smaller municipalities that collaborate to share services and governance functions while retaining their individual local identities.
Instances (111)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Vaad Arba Aratzot | supra‑communal council |
| Samtgemeinde Faßberg | — |
| Haut-Chablais | communauté de communes |
| Pays du Mont-Blanc | communauté de communes |
| Amt Hohe Elbgeest | — |
| Northumberland County, Ontario | upper-tier municipality |
| Communauté urbaine Grand Paris Seine et Oise | public territorial collectivity |
| Grey County | upper-tier municipality |
| Syndicat Mixte de l’Aéroport de Perpignan–Rivesaltes | public inter-municipal body |
| Albret Communauté | communauté de communes |
| Perth County, Ontario | upper-tier municipality |
|
Region of York
surface form:
Regional Municipality of York
|
upper-tier municipality |
| Region of Durham | upper-tier municipality |
| Region of Halton | upper-tier municipality |
| Huron County, Ontario | upper-tier municipality |
| communauté de communes de Parthenay-Gâtine | communauté de communes |
|
Wales
surface form:
United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
|
upper-tier municipality |
| Pays de Lorient | territorial collectivity association |
| Samtgemeinde | — |
| Grey County, Ontario | upper-tier municipality |
| Pays de Lunel | communauté de communes |
| Prescott and Russell | upper-tier municipality |
| Middlesex County, New Jersey municipalities | group of municipalities |
|
Grenville
surface form:
Leeds and Grenville
|
upper-tier municipality |
| Communauté de communes du Genevois | communauté de communes |
| Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton | upper-tier municipality |
|
intercommunality Grand Paris Grand Est
surface form:
Grand Paris Grand Est
|
public territorial establishment of inter-municipal cooperation |
| Communauté de communes de Saverne-Marmoutier-Sommerau | communauté de communes |
| Rogaland county municipalities | group of municipalities |
| Communauté de communes Marches du Velay-Rochebaron | communauté de communes |
| Communauté de communes Les Sorgues du Comtat | communauté de communes |
| Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Tutzing | Verwaltungsgemeinschaft |
| Samtgemeinde Schwarmstedt | — |
| Artland | — |
| Artland collective municipality | — |
| Samtgemeinde Artland | — |
|
Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada
surface form:
Simcoe County
|
upper-tier municipality |
| Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Münsing | Verwaltungsgemeinschaft |
|
Peel
surface form:
Regional Municipality of Peel
|
upper-tier municipality |
| Samtgemeinde Bodenwerder-Polle | — |
| Samtgemeinde Flotwedel | — |
| Haut Béarn | communauté de communes |
| Niagara | upper-tier municipality |
| Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Vorharz | Verwaltungsgemeinschaft |
|
Communauté de communes Drôme Sud Provence (name may vary over time)
surface form:
Communauté de communes Drôme Sud Provence
|
communauté de communes |
| Communauté de communes de Thann-Cernay | communauté de communes |
| Vallée de Munster intercommunality | communauté de communes |
| North Shore municipalities | group of municipalities |
| Massachusetts regional school districts | inter-municipal governmental entity |
| Comunidade Intermunicipal do Douro | Comunidade Intermunicipal |