A city district, also known as an urban district or neighbourhood, is a designated administrative division that is generally managed by a local government. It is used to divide a city into several administrative units.
City districts are used in Russia (raion), Pakistan and Croatia (hr|gradski kotar or gradska četvrt).
The term is also the English translation for the German Stadtbezirk; French arrondissements; Dutch stadsdeel; Swedish stadsdel and Polish dzielnica.
| Country | Term/Translation | Example | Subdivision of | Administrative power | Notes | Further Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | District (Russian: raion) | Sovetsky City District, Nizhny Novgorod | Federal subject/federal city | Local Government(City assembly) | A Russian raion is a second-level administrative unit, two levels below national subdivision. | Districts of Russia | |
| Germany | Borough | Wattenscheid, Bochum. | Metropolis | Municipal Government (Mayor) | German city districts are allocated only in urban metropolis' of more than 150,000 occupants. These boroughs subdivide the city-states (German: Stadtbezirk) | Stadtbezirk | |
| France | Municipal arrondissement (French: arrondissement municipal) | Panthéon, Paris | Major city (Paris, Lyon and Marseille) | Municipal Government (Mayor) | Belgium, Haiti, and other certain Francophone countries use arrondissements as administrative units. | Municipal arrondissement | |
| China | County-level subdivisions (districts) (市辖区 / 区; shìxiáqū / qū) | Yaohai, Hefei | Municipality or prefecture-level city | Local Government | In China, districts, wards or sub-cities (Chinese: 区) are subdivisions of a municipality or ‘prefecture-level city’. | Districts of China | |
| Czech Republic | City district (Czech: městský obvod, městská část) | Brno-Královo Pole | statutory city | City district assembly (zastupitelstvo městského obvodu, zastupitelstvo městské části) | A statutory city can choose to divide some or all of its territory into self-governing city districts in its statute. The Municipality Act defines two types of divisions (městský obvod and městská část) although they are equivalent in all but name. | ||
| Indonesia | District or urban village (id|Kecamatan) | Menteng, Central Jakarta | Regency (Indonesian: [[Kabupaten]]) or city | District office (Indonesian: Kantor kecamatan) | In the Papuan provinces, city districts are called Indonesian: distrik, while in Yogyakarta, they are called Indonesian: kemantren | Districts of Indonesia | |
| Pakistan | Urdu: اِضلاعِ پاكِستان; Sindhi: پاڪستان جا ضلعا | Karachi Central District, Sindh | Urban area (small city/ large metropolitan area) | Local Government (Union Council Administration) | While there are 150 total districts in Pakistan, only 11 have been designated city districts. | City Districts of Pakistan | |
| Mexico, Mexico City | Boroughs/Alcadias, Federal District (Spanish: districto federal) | Centro, Mexico City | Metropolitan area | Head of Government | For administrative purposes, Mexico City is divided into 16 alcadias (councils). | Boroughs | |
| Croatia | Croatian: gradski kotar or gradska četvrt | Gornja Dubrava, Zagreb | City / town | Local Government | Local government in Croatian city districts is a form of local self-government, whereby citizens participate in the self-governing scope of the city and local affairs. | ||
| Netherlands | Dutch | Centrum(Centre), Amsterdam | Major city | Local Government (District committee) | In some of the larger municipalities of the Netherlands, urban municipality districts are divided by city districts. Amsterdam calls 7 of its 8 deelgemeenten,stadsdeel. | Urban districts of the Netherlands | |
| Sweden | Swedish | Holmsund, Västerbotten | Municipality | Local Government (Administrative board) | In some rare cases, large municipalities in Sweden are divided into smaller "city districts". | Districts of Sweden | |
| Poland | Polish | Stare Miasto, Kraków | City/town | Mayor/Elected Council; (Polish: burmistrz, dzielnica council) | Dzielnica | ||
| Turkey | District Municipality (Turkish: büyükşehir belediyeleri) | Metropolitan Municipality | Mayor (of metropolitan municipality) | Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey |
In Russia, a city district (raion) is a second-level administrative unit used to divide a city.[1] It is the standardised administration unit of numerous post-Soviet states, two levels below national subdivision.
In Germany, a city district (Stadtbezirk) is an administrative unit that divides a metropolis of more than 150,000 inhabitants.
A city district, or municipal arrondissement (French: arrondissement municipal [aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃ mynisipal]), is a subdividing unit used in France's three largest cities: Paris, Lyon and Marseille. It divides a commune within which it has its own mayor.
An arrondissement is also a term used for administrative divisions in areas such as Belgium, Haiti, and other certain Francophone countries.
There are 16 city districts of Mexico City: 15 subdivisions formally known as boroughs, and the Distrito Federal ('federal district').
