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Dissolved and former municipalities

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Baladīyat al Ghuwayrīyah

Baladīyat al Ghuwayrīyah (بلدية الغويرية), also Al Ghuwairiya, was a municipality of Qatar centered on Al Ghuwairiya town, zone 76; population 2,159 in 2004; merged into Al Khor municipality in 2004.

Borodyans’kyy Rayon

Borodyans’kyy Rayon (Бородянський район), former raion of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Borodianka; existed 1923–1962, restored 1965, abolished 2020 and merged into Bucha Raion; 934 km², 57,365 people (2013).

Chongwen Qu

Chongwen Qu (崇文区) was a former district of southeast central Beijing, 16.46 square kilometers with seven subdistricts, named in 1952 after Chongwenmen gate and merged into Dongcheng District in June 2010.

Daugavpils municipality

Daugavpils municipality (Daugavpils novads), a Latvian municipality 2009–2021 surrounding Daugavpils city; formed from 19 parishes of Daugavpils rajons, merged with Ilūkstes novads into Augšdaugava Municipality on 1 July 2021.

Fet

Fet: former municipality in Akershus, Norway, on Nedre Romerike with center Fetsund; founded 1838, merged with Skedsmo and Sørum into Lillestrøm municipality on 1 January 2020.

Finnøy

Finnøy: island group and former municipality in Rogaland, Norway, merged into Stavanger with Rennesøy on 1 January 2020; center Judaberg, Finnfast tunnels (2009), 157 islands, greenhouse tomato farming, Abel's birthplace. Distinct from Finnøya in Ålesund.

Free City of Frankfurt

Free City of Frankfurt (Freie Stadt Frankfurt): independent German city-state 1815–1866, one of four free cities of the German Confederation and its seat; formerly a free imperial city, annexed by Prussia in 1866.

Gemeente Het Bildt

Gemeente Het Bildt, former Frisian municipality (1816–2018), CBS code 0063, seat St.-Annaparochie; reclaimed polder of 1503, merged into Waadhoeke in 2018.

Gemeente Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland

Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland (Kollumerland c.a.), former municipality in northeast Friesland, Netherlands, existing 1816–2019 with Kollum as main village; merged into Noardeast-Fryslân on 1 January 2019.

Gemeente Ouderkerk

Gemeente Ouderkerk (GM0644) was a South Holland municipality, 1985–2015, formed by merging Ouderkerk aan den IJssel and Gouderak and dissolved into Krimpenerwaard; 8,241 residents at abolition.

Halsa

Halsa, former municipality on Nordmøre in Møre og Romsdal, Norway (pop. 1,574 in 2019, no. 1571); merged with Hemne and part of Snillfjord into Heim municipality, Trøndelag, on 1 January 2020 under the municipal reform. Distinct from Halsa in Meløy, Nordland.

Hatogaya Shi

Hatogaya Shi (鳩ヶ谷市, Hatogaya-shi) was a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, established March 1, 1967 and absorbed into Kawaguchi City on October 11, 2011; a former Edo post town on the Nikkō Onari Kaidō with about 60,000 residents and 6.22 square kilometers at merger.

Hienuki Gun

Hienuki Gun (稗貫郡, Hienuki District) was a district of Iwate Prefecture, Japan, first recorded in 811 in the Nihon Kōki and dissolved January 1, 2006 when Ōhasama and Ishidoriya merged into Hanamaki City.

Hobøl

Hobøl is a former municipality in Østfold, Norway, merged into Indre Østfold on 1 January 2020 with Askim, Eidsberg, Spydeberg, and Trøgstad; population 5,642 (2019), center Elvestad.

Ivankiv Raion

Ivankiv Raion (Іванківський район), a former district of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Ivankiv; created 1923, largest raion in Ukraine by area, absorbed Chernobyl Raion lands, abolished 19 July 2020 into Vyshhorod Raion.

Kaharlyk Raion

Kaharlyk Raion (Кагарлицький район), a former district of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Kaharlyk; created 1923, abolished 17 July 2020 and merged into Obukhiv Raion; area 925.6 km², 37,791 residents (2001).

Kameda-shi

Kameda-shi (亀田町) was a town in Niigata Prefecture southeast of Niigata City; population 32,061, area 16.82 km2; merged into Niigata City on March 21, 2005 with twelve other municipalities.

Kelmentsi Raion

Kelmentsi Raion (Кельменецький район), a district in northeastern Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine, created 1940, centered on Kelmentsi; abolished 18 July 2020 and merged into Dnistrovskyi Raion.

Lanivtsi Raion

Lanivtsi Raion (Лановецький район), a former district of Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Lanivtsi; created 1940, 632 km², 52 villages, abolished 17 July 2020 and merged into Kremenets Raion.

Leikanger

Leikanger, former Norwegian municipality (no. 1419) in Sogn og Fjordane on the Sognefjorden; county administrative seat; merged into Sogndal municipality, Vestland, 1 January 2020; population 2,331 (2019).

Maebaru-shi

Maebaru-shi (前原市) was a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, from 1992 to 2010, centered on the former Karatsu kaidō post town of Maebaru; it merged with Nijō and Shima towns on 1 January 2010 to form Itoshima City.

Marnardal

Marnardal, former municipality in Vest-Agder, Norway (1964-2020), center Heddeland, number 1021; merged with Mandal and Lindesnes into Lindesnes kommune on 1 January 2020.

Matsutō-shi

Matsutō-shi (松任市, Matto) was a city in central Ishikawa Prefecture on the Tedori River fan, a Hokuriku post station and early-harvest rice shipping center, city status 1970; merged 1 February 2005 with 2 towns and 5 villages to form Hakusan City.

Minaminaka Gun

Minaminaka Gun (南那珂郡, Minaminaka District) was a district of Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, created in 1884 from the split of Naka District, centered on Obi, and abolished March 30, 2009 when Kitago and Nango merged into Nichinan City.

Monō Gun

Monō District (桃生郡, Monō-gun) was a rural district of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, first recorded in 771 in Mutsu Province and abolished April 1, 2005, when its seven towns merged into Ishinomaki and Higashimatsushima.

Nakaminato-shi

Nakaminato-shi (那珂湊市) was a fishing port city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, formed in 1954 and merged with Katsuta City on 1 November 1994 to create Hitachinaka; its port, fish market, and Mito-domain historic sites remain.

Namioka Machi

Namioka Machi (浪岡町) was a town in Minamitsugaru District, Aomori Prefecture, formed in 1954, Japan's top apple-producing town, merged into Aomori City on 1 April 2005; home to Namioka Castle of the Kitabatake clan.

Ōmagari-shi

Ōmagari-shi (大曲市) was a city in Akita Prefecture, Japan, host of the National Fireworks Competition (Omagari Hanabi); on 22 March 2005 it was renamed Daisen City through a municipal merger of 1 city, 6 towns, and 1 village.

Opština Vraneštica

Opština Vraneštica (Вранештица) was a small former municipality in western North Macedonia, seat at Vraneštica village; 109.13 km², 15 settlements, 1,322 inhabitants (2002), merged into Kičevo municipality in 2013.

Paris 04 Ancien - Quartier Louvre

Paris 04 Ancien - Quartier Louvre: the Louvre quarter of the pre-1860 4th arrondissement of Paris, centered on the Louvre palace; since 1 January 1860 part of the 1st arrondissement.