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(Municipalities in PR and the NMI are used as county equivalents by the U.S. Census, but Guam is treated as a single county. [20]) There are no municipal governments in the District of Columbia and the United States Virgin Islands; only the district-wide and territory-wide governments under federal jurisdiction.
A municipality usually is divided in the urban part, the city (cidade), and the rural part. List of municipalities of Brazil: Croatia: Općina: Fužine,_Croatia, Bosiljevo, Klana, Kršan: Županija (county in english) 428 A municipality usually has center village of same name. Exception: Vinodolska općina - center village: Bribir ...
borough county canton cantone chantun Kanton Switzerland: canton kanton Bosnia and Herzegovina: castello San Marino: municipality changwat Thailand: province chef-lieu France: chief town or city comarca: Portuguese-speaking countries (judicial system) county Spanish-speaking countries: comuna Angola
The site of a county's administration, and often the county courthouse, is generally called the county seat ("parish seat" in Louisiana, "borough seat" in Alaska, or "shire town" in several New England counties). The county seat usually resides in a municipality. However, some counties may have multiple seats or no seat.
The administrative divisions of Ohio are counties, municipalities (cities and villages), townships, special districts, and school districts. Elections for county officials are held in even-numbered years, while elections for officials in the municipalities, townships, and local boards of education are held in odd-numbered years.
A type of municipality: Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania (also formerly Michigan and Minnesota) A subdivision of a consolidated city, corresponding to another present or previous political subdivision: New York and Virginia; In Alaska only, a borough is a county-equivalent. Municipal offices sign for Littlestown, a borough of Pennsylvania
Michigan has created charter townships as a separate type of government to allow greater flexibility for township governments to serve urbanized populations. In Michigan, as in other states with like systems (though sometimes different names), a township is an administrative division of a county, which is an administrative division of the state.
Until that year Bergen was a separate county, but today it is a municipality within the county of Vestland. All counties form administrative entities called county municipalities (fylkeskommuner or fylkeskommunar; singular: fylkeskommune), further subdivided into municipalities (kommuner or kommunar; singular: kommune).