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municipality

vr.tr.municipality · PHY.PLC

Let an agent handle municipalities by legal status, boundaries, government, services and codes, and track mergers and changes over time.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle municipalities by legal status, boundaries, government, services and codes, and track mergers and changes over time.

An administrative division with its own local government, such as a town, city, commune or rural community, with legal status and powers defined by national law.

What it is for: Local self-government and service delivery.

It can be contact the local council; access local services; vote in local elections; look up codes and boundaries.

Distinguishing features

Local government unit

Legal status defined nationally

Types and powers vary by country

Mergers change boundaries and names

What it looks like

Town halls, local signs and services; boundaries on maps.

How it is recognised

Official name and municipal code

Town hall and council website

Types vary: town, commune, hamlet, rural community

Related models

is a kind of - unit

administrative territorial entity

has kind - urban municipality

city

is governed by - government

municipal council

is part of - hierarchy

state or region

In practice

Families and kinds

cities and towns

rural municipalities and communes

hamlets and villages with local status

undivided and merged municipalities

Identifiers

national municipality code country-specific such as INSEE or Gemeindeschluessel

LAU code EU local administrative unit statistics

Standards and regulation

National local government law

European Charter of Local Self-Government

EU LAU and NUTS classifications

Failure modes and hazards

Outdated names and boundaries after mergers

Confusing municipal and statistical units

Wrong contact details

Also called

birth domicileterritorial hamlet of Canadanorthern hamlet of Saskatchewanmunicipality with town privileges in the Czech RepublicRural community (local government)undivided municipality in Czechiatown of the United Kingdommunicipality of the Philippinesincorporated townmetropolitan municipalityrural municipality of Sweden and FinlandHerredskommunerural municipalitycounty of Nova Scotiamarket municipalityformer municipality of the Philippinescity in Saskatchewancity in Manitobacity in New Brunswickcity in Nova Scotiacity in Ontariocity in Prince Edward Islandcity in Newfoundland and Labradorcity in British Columbiadirect-controlled municipalitytown of Newfoundland and Labradorformer municipalityformer municipality of Spainformer grietenijmarket municipality of Germanyfirst-class citysecond-class citythird-class cityfourth-class citydirect-administered municipalityCentrally-Governed City of Vietnamtownship municipalitycouncil of Asturiesmunicipality of Bulgariasettlement of Hungary

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.municipality-group

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Identity Which municipality.

Codes identify municipalities.

Code and name

Official identity.

Identity

Name and code.

  1. What is its official name and code? provenance
  2. Has it merged or been renamed? provenance

Status

Type and powers.

Status

Legal status.

  1. What type of municipality is it? definition
  2. Which powers does it have? definition
Government Council and mayor.

Local government structure.

Council

Elected body.

Council

Council.

  1. Who governs the municipality? provenance
  2. When are elections? measurement

Contact

Official channels.

Contact

Contact.

  1. How can residents contact the municipality? action
  2. Which services are online? definition
Services What it provides.

Services matter to residents.

Provision

Local services.

Services

Services provided.

  1. Which services does it provide? definition
  2. Which are provided by higher levels? boundary

Local taxes

Charges.

Taxes

Local taxes.

  1. Which local taxes or charges apply? provenance
  2. How are they paid? action
Geography Boundaries and population.

Boundaries change.

Boundaries

Map.

Boundaries

Boundaries.

  1. Where are its boundaries, from which source? provenance
  2. Which settlements does it include? definition

Population

Residents.

Population

Population.

  1. What is its population, as of when? measurement
  2. How is it changing? measurement

What the second pass must settle

  • Should municipalities be instances with national codes?
  • How should mergers be tracked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases such as birth domicile; should they be split off?
Draft as JSON