In Canada, each province creates its own system of local government, so terminology varies substantially.
In certain provinces (e.g. 展开

Until 1 January 2007, the municipalities of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg and Bornholm were not a part of a Danish county. 展开

In New Zealand, a unitary authority is a territorial authority (district, city or metropolitan area) that also performs the functions of a regional council (first-level division). There are five unitary authorities, they are (with the year they were constituted): 展开

Most cities in Taiwan, in contrast to counties, have only one tier of local government. Unlike the three county-administered cities 展开

In Germany, kreisfreie Stadt (lit. 'circle-free city') is the equivalent term for a city with the competences of both the Gemeinde (municipality) and the Kreis (district, literally circle) administrative level. The directly elected chief executive officer of a kreisfreie Stadt is … 展开

The city of Paris works like a department council and a municipal council. Administratively at state level, it is both a department with a single … 展开

In Poland, a miasto na prawach powiatu, or shortly powiat grodzki (city with powiat rights, or urban county in short) is a, typically big, city which is … 展开