Numerous villages would combine their ceremonies, which now served a secondary diplomatic purpose.

All six beaches / villages combine to "Lovina Beach".

The two villages merged and combined their characters to form the city of Inazawa (稲沢).

The village subsequently came up with a master plan and, combining bits and pieces of both, there really is an ideal situation to be had here.

Four old villages have combined to form the modern-day Bunbury.

The two villages probably combined during the 12/13th century.

Other villages have local shops, often combined with post offices.

Also in 1889, 13 other villages neighboring Motoyama combined to become Yoshino Village.

The two villages eventually combined to become the town of Gilbert.

However, on Chibu the village and school combine because of the small population.