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[–] aniki@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

France and Israel still have tons of communes. The US used to have thousands as well.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2021/04/11/what-happened-to-americas-communes/?sh=6086a6fac577