Communes Of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany. French communes have no exact equivalent in the United Kingdom, but are closest to parishes, towns or cities.
A French commune may be a city of two million inhabitants like Paris, a town of ten thousand people, or just a ten-person hamlet.
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