User talk:Alec74

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Rome as the largest municipality in Europe

This is simply not true. There are many municipalities in Europe that are larger by area. For instance I know lots of Norwegian municipalities that are much larger by area, like Kautokeino, the largest Norwegian municipality, with an area of almost 10.000 km². And there are lots of larger ones in Sweden, too. But I'm curious to know where you've read that Rome is the largest in Europe? Because that source is clearly wrong. Shanes 12:55, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I received your mail about Municipalities in Europe. Thanks for looking into this.

Yes, there are differences between countries in what defines a municipality (or commune), and thats probably why there aren't many rankings of municipalities from different countries around. That said, the Norwegian municipalities are very much "real" municipalities in that they constitutes an administrative unit governed by a Mayor running a municipality council etc. That many Norwegian municipalities are very thinly populated is of course true, but that's beside the point here. (Unless you want to write that "Rome is the largest municipality by area if one only counts municipalities with a population of more than 100.000" or something like that). The most populated Norwegian municipality I can find with an area larger than Rome is Tromsø (Area: 2,566 km² and population 61,897). But there are 17 municipalities in Norway larger than Tromsø by area. I also found a List of municipalities of Sweden by area, listing more than 70 municipalities larger than Rome. And List of Finnish municipalities by area has 47 municipalities larger than Rome. I haven't checked other countries, but wouldn't be surprised if there are some in Russia larger by area, too.

Oh, well. I guess it's ok to put it like you did saying that Rome is one of the largest. Even if there are a couple of hundred larger municipalities in Europe, it all depends on what "one of the largest" means. I guess it could mean one of the 200 largest, too. But maybe the largest in Southern Europe or largest in Italy would be a more accurate and actually interesting statement. Or maybe that it's the largest among state capitals, which is also a somewhat interesting fact maybe worth stating. I don't know. That there aren't any clear definition of what a municipality is makes the whole topic a bit obscure.

Shanes 14:34, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Model of ancient Rome.jpg.jpg

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Thanks for uploading Image:Roma01.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

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