County vs. Municipality — What's the Difference?

A county is a geographical region of a country used for administrative or other purposes in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French conté or cunté denoting a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count (earl) or a viscount.

A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term municipality may also mean the governing or ruling body of a given municipality.

The largest administrative division of most states in the United States.

A political unit, such as a city, town, or village, incorporated for local self-government.

A territorial division exercising administrative, judicial, and political functions in Great Britain and Ireland.

A body of officials appointed to manage the affairs of a local political unit.

The territory under the jurisdiction of a count or earl.

A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.

The people living in a county.

The governing body of such a district.

An administrative region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 48 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska and Louisiana).

(politics) In Mexico and other Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, second-level administrative divisions that may house one or more cities or towns whose head of government may be called mayors or, in Mexico, municipal presidents.

A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.

A municipal district; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.

A jail operated by a county government.

An urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government

(historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess.

People living in a town or city having local self-government

Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.

An earldom; the domain of a count or earl.

A circuit or particular portion of a state or kingdom, separated from the rest of the territory, for certain purposes in the administration of justice and public affairs; - called also a shire. See Shire.

A count; an earl or lord.

A region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government;

The largest administrative district within a state;