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A civil parish can range in size from a sparsely populated rural area with fewer than a hundred inhabitants, to a large [[town]] with a population [[List of the most populous civil parishes in England|in excess of 100,000]]. This scope is similar to that of municipalities in Continental Europe, such as the [[communes of France]]. However, unlike their continental European counterparts, parish councils are not [[Principal council|principal authorities]], and in most cases have a relatively minor role in local government.<ref name="Office for National Statistics" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/sps/migrated/documents/neilbarnett.pdf |title=Is UK local government really so big? |last1=Barnett |first1=Neil |last2=Sweeting |first2=David |website=bristol.ac.uk |date=2013 |access-date=20 July 2022}}</ref>
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Eight parishes also have [[City status in the United Kingdom|city status]] (a status granted by the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|monarch]]). A civil parish may be equally known as and confirmed as a town, village, [[neighbourhood]] or [[community]] by resolution of its parish council, a right not conferred on other units of English local government. The governing body of a civil parish is usually an elected parish council (which can decide to call itself a town, village, community or neighbourhood council, or a city council if the parish has city status). Alternatively, in parishes with small populations (typically fewer than 150 electors) governance may be by a [[parish meeting]] which all electors may attend; alternatively, parishes with small populations may be grouped with one or more neighbours under a common parish council.
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