Commune

A commune is a term for an intentional community in which people hold property in common. 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
  • Obshchina, peasant village community in Imperial Russia (19th-20th century)
• 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, ISBN 978-1897765067)

See also

• Communis (disambiguation)
• Kommune (disambiguation)