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A commune is an administrative subdivision of various Europe an (including Belgium , France , Germany , Italy , Luxembourg , Poland , Romania , and the Scandinavia n countries), South America n ( Chile , Argentina , Bolivia , Peru , Uruguay , Paraguay , Brazil , Ecuador , Colombia , among others) and Africa n countries, notably Senegal (formerly administered by France ). Within its territory it is the modern heir of the Medieval Commune . Commune is sometimes translated as "". It corresponds to individual hamlets, villages, towns, cities, or groupings of them, which are governed by a Mayor and a City / Municipal Council . Note that the word has absolutely no implication of Communism . But the word ''Communism'' derives from the word ''commune'' because of its striving towards a 'commune like society'. SEE ALSO
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