Gemeindeverband
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- local government
- Country
- Germany
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- topic's main category
- Category:Collective municipalities in Germany
- has characteristic
- local government cooperation
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Gemeindeverband () is a union of at least two municipalities () in Germany to form a (statutory corporation) with the purpose to exercise the powers of self-government at a larger scale, while maintaining autonomy of its members.
The word is mentioned multiple times in the German constitution (), but without an exact definition.
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