Parish (administrative division)

A parish is an administrative division used by several countries. To distinguish it from an ecclesiastical parish, the term civil parish is used in some jurisdictions, as noted below.

The table below lists countries which use this administrative division:

Country or territory		Local name	Notes
Andorra		Parròquia
Antigua and Barbuda		Parish
Australia		Parish^[1]	Not all states use parishes, with SA and NT using hundreds instead.
Barbados		Parish
Bermuda		Parish
Canada	New Brunswick	Parish
	Prince Edward Island	Parish
	Quebec	Parish municipality
China	Macau	Freguesia / 堂區
Dominica		Parish
Ecuador		Parroquia
Estonia		Vald
Georgia		მუნიციპალიტეტი
Grenada		Parish
Guernsey		Parish
Ireland		Civil parish	In the Republic of Ireland, civil parishes continue to exist for statutory purposes only.
Jamaica		Parish
Jersey		Parish
Latvia		Pagasts
Isle of Man		Parish
Montserrat		Parish
(Nordic countries)		Municipality	In Nordic countries, a rural administrative parish corresponds to the concept of socken, a predecessor to today's municipalities of Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark.
Portugal		Freguesia
Russia		Приход
Saint Kitts and Nevis		Parish
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		Parish
Spain	(Asturias, Galicia)	Parroquia
Ukraine		Парафія
United Kingdom	England	Civil parish	In all parts of the British Isles except Scotland and Wales, it is known as a civil parish to distinguish it from the ecclesiastical parish.^[2] In England, a (civil) parish council may choose to rename itself as a town council or as a community council. In Northern Ireland, civil parishes continue to exist for statutory purposes only.
	Northern Ireland	Civil parish
	Scotland (formerly)	Civil parish
	Scotland	Community
	Wales	Community
United States	Louisiana	Parish	The term "county" is used in 48 US states, while Louisiana and Alaska have functionally equivalent subdivisions called parishes and boroughs respectively.^[3]
United States	South Carolina (formerly)	Parish	Until the late 19th century, the South Carolina Lowcountry was divided into parishes. Today all of South Carolina is divided into counties.^[4]
Venezuela		Parroquia

References

^ "Parish and historical maps". Land & Property Information. Government of New South Wales. 2012. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
^ "In praise of ... civil parishes". The Guardian. 16 May 2011.
^ "An Overview of County Government". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on April 17, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
^ The Newberry Library (2009). "South Carolina: Individual County Chronologies, South Carolina Atlas of Historical County Boundaries". publications.newberry.org. Chicago, Illinois, US. Retrieved June 5, 2018.

[1] "Parish and historical maps". Land & Property Information. Government of New South Wales. 2012. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.

[2] "In praise of ... civil parishes". The Guardian. 16 May 2011.

[NACO-3] "An Overview of County Government". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on April 17, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2013.

[4] The Newberry Library (2009). "South Carolina: Individual County Chronologies, South Carolina Atlas of Historical County Boundaries". publications.newberry.org. Chicago, Illinois, US. Retrieved June 5, 2018.

Parish (administrative division)

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