The former county government was given broader powers as a regional municipality.

In some older English translations they were called county regional municipality.

The regional county municipalities which these cities were a part of ceased to exist.

In 2001 the regional municipality was merged to form the city of Hamilton.

It is the second fastest growing regional municipality in Victoria.

Between 1970 and 1974, several more regional municipalities were created by the government of Bill Davis.

It was the smallest in area and most populous regional county municipality.

Alberta does not have an official municipal status type of regional municipality.

Today, the committee works with hospitals, universities, regional municipalities and businesses to promote the two cities.

In 2001 the city and several adjoining communities were merged into the new regional county municipality with a population to 79,600.