commune

1 the smallest administrative district of several European countries

2 a body of people or families living together and sharing everything

1 communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity; "He seemed to commune with nature"

2 receive Communion, in the Catholic church [syn: communicate]

English

Pronunciation

• (noun):
  • (RP): kŏm'yo͞on, /ˈkɒmjuːn/, /"kQmju:n/
  • (US): käm'yo͞on, /ˈkɑmjuːn/, /"kAmju:n/
• (verb): /kəmyo͞on'/, /kəˈmjuːn/, /k@"mju:n/

Noun

1. A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community
2. A local political division in many European countries

Translations

• Icelandic: kommúna

Verb

1. To be together with; to contemplate or absorb.

   He spent a week in the backcountry, communing with nature.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

commune

1. administrative subdivision

Adjective

commune ( commun)

1. common

Commune can refer to:

• Commune (intentional community), a community in which resources are shared
  • Mir (social), a village community in czarist Russia
  • Kibbutz, an Israeli collective community
• A municipality or township in various countries, including:
  • Algeria - Municipalities of Algeria, the third level of administrative division
  • Argentina - Communes of Argentina
  • Austria - Communes of Austria
  • Belgium - Gemeenten/Communes/Gemeinden of Belgium, the lowest level of administrative division. After several "fusion-operations", most of them include named cities or towns with formerly independent suburbs and villages
  • Burkina Faso - Communes of Burkina Faso, the lowest level of administrative division
  • Cambodia - Administrative divisions of Cambodia
  • Chad - Communes of Chad
  • Chile - Communes of Chile, the third and lowest level administrative division of the country, comprising cities, towns, villages, hamlets, and unsettled areas
  • Denmark - Kommuner of Denmark, introduced after a 2007 reorganization that replaced the amter
  • Democratic Republic of Congo - Communes of the Congo-Kinshasa
  • Finland - Kommuner/Kunta of Finland
  • France - Communes of France, the lowest level of administrative division, comprising cities, towns, and villages
  • Germany - Communes of Germany
  • Haiti - Arrondissements and communes of Haiti, the lowest level of administrative division
  • Italy - Comune, the municipalities of Italy
  • Luxembourg - Communes of Luxembourg, the lowest uniform level of administrative division
  • Mali - Communes of Mali, the third level of administrative division
  • Moldova - List of localities in Moldova
  • Niger - Communes of Niger, the third level of administrative division
  • Norway - Kommuner of Norway
  • Poland - Gmina, the lowest uniform level of administrative division
  • Romania - Communes of Romania, comprising villages
  • Senegal - Communes of Senegal
  • Sweden - Kommuner of Sweden, the lowest level administrative division of the country, comprising cities, towns, villages, hamlets, and unsettled areas
  • Tunisia - Municipalities of Tunisia
  • Vietnam - Communes of Vietnam
• Medieval commune, a social organization of the European Middle Ages
• Commune (Socialism) within socialist thought
• People's commune, an administrative division of the rural area in the People's Republic of China between 1958-1984
• The Paris Commune (French Revolution), the government of Paris from 1789 to 1795, especially from 1792 to 1795
• The Paris Commune, socialist reformist state in Paris in 1871
• The Shanghai Commune of 1927
• The Shanghai People's Commune, organized by Zhang Chunqiao in 1967
• Commune (documentary), a 2005 documentary

See also

• Communism
• Communalism
• Communitarianism

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