Parish (administrative division)

This article is about civil administration. For the ecclesiastical parish, see Parish. For other uses, see Parish (disambiguation).

A parish is an administrative division used by several countries. In the British Isles it is known as a civil parish to distinguish it from the ecclesiastical parish.

Country or territory	Local name
Andorra	Parròquia
Angola	Comuna (Commune)
Antigua and Barbuda	Parish
Australia	Parish
Barbados	Parish
Bermuda	Parish
Canada: New Brunswick	Parish
Canada: Quebec	Parish municipality
Cape Verde	Freguesia
Croatia	Županija
Dominica	Parish
Ecuador	Parroquia
Estonia	Vald
Grenada	Parish
Guernsey	Parish
Ireland	Civil parish
Jamaica	Parish
Jersey	Parish
Latvia	Pagasts
Macau	Freguesia / 堂區
Montserrat	Parish
Portugal	Freguesia
Romania	Sat
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Parish
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Parish
Spain (Asturias, Galicia)	Parroquia
United Kingdom: England	Civil parish
United Kingdom: Northern Ireland	Civil parish
United Kingdom: Scotland	Civil parish
United Kingdom: Wales	Community
United States: Louisiana	Parish
Venezuela	Parroquia

External links

• In praise of ... civil parishes Editorial in The Guardian, 2011-05-16.