A commune

A commune (comună in Romanian

Romanian language

Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...

) is the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania

Romania

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. There are 2686 communes in Romania. The commune is the rural subdivision of a county

Counties of Romania

The 41 judeţe and the municipality of Bucharest comprise the official administrative divisions of Romania. They also represent the European Union' s NUTS-3 geocode statistical subdivision scheme of Romania.-Overview:...

 (urban areas, such as towns and cities within a county, are given the status of city or municipality).

There is no clear restriction on the population of a commune, even though when a commune becomes relatively urbanised and exceeds approximately 10,000 inhabitants it is usually granted city status (despite cities being on the same secondary administrative level as communes they do have a more powerful form of local government). Some urban or semi-urban areas of less than 10,000 inhabitants have also been given city status.

Each commune is administered by a mayor (primar in Romanian

Romanian language

Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...

).A commune is made up of one or more villages even though villages do not have an administrative function (that is, they do not have any form of local administration but rather have a status similar to suburbs of towns in countries like the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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). Communes, like cities, correspond to the LAU

Lau

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-2 subdivisions in the European Union

European Union

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See also

• Cities of Romania
• Municipalities of Romania
  Municipalities of Romania
  A municipiu is a level of administrative subdivision in Romania, roughly equivalent to city in some English-speaking countries. This status is given to towns that are quite large and urbanized...
  
  
• Counties of Romania
  Counties of Romania
  The 41 judeţe and the municipality of Bucharest comprise the official administrative divisions of Romania. They also represent the European Union' s NUTS-3 geocode statistical subdivision scheme of Romania.-Overview:...
  
  
• Villages in Romania