In the event of default, unlike a corporation or even a municipal subdivision, a nation cannot file for bankruptcy.

Since 1 January 1974, Somsdorf is a municipal subdivision of Freital.

Cities and towns in Sweden are not political or administrative entities but localities or urban areas, independent of the municipal subdivision.

Barmen is a municipal subdivision of the German city of Wuppertal.

These municipal subdivisions describe a clockwise spiral outward from its most central, the 1st arrondissement.

He affected the purchase of a municipal subdivision for the municipal employees in 1979.

Since they no longer have townships or other municipal subdivisions below them, both municipalities are not true "county" governments in the traditional sense.

Other smaller municipalities in Sweden also use municipal subdivisions for official purposes, however these are not always administrative.

Elberfeld is a municipal subdivision of the German city of Wuppertal; it was an independent town until 1929.

Today Elberfeld is the largest municipal subdivision of Wuppertal.