A bi-communitarian public authority, the Common Community Commission (French: Commission communautaire commune, COCOM, Dutch: Gemeenschappelijke Gemeenschapscommissie, GGC) also exists. Its assembly is composed of the members of the regional parliament, and its board are the ministers—not the secret...
Like Paris and Marseille, the commune (municipality) of Lyon is divided into a number of municipal arrondissements, each of which is identified by a number and has its own council and town hall. Five arrondissements were originally created in 1852, when three neighbouring communes (La Croix-Ro...
Founded by Greeks in the first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world.[4] In the ninth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope (Ancient Greek: Παρθενόπη ) was established on the Island of Megaride.[5] In the 6th century...