Parish (country subdivision)

A parish is a type of area used by some countries for administrative reasons. It's different from a church parish, so in some places, they call it a civil parish.

Here's a list of countries that use this type of division:

Country or territory		Local name	Notes
Andorra		Parròquia
Antigua and Barbuda		Parish
Australia		Parish	Official use of parishes is done on a state-by-state basis Qld: Before Queensland's land records were digitized and renumbered, parishes were mentioned in title documents. Even though they were never formally removed, they aren't used anymore except in history-related matters.[1] NSW: Used.[2] Vic: Used.[3] Tas: Used until the 20th century, when they were renamed land districts. SA: Uses hundreds instead[4] NT: Uses hundreds instead WA: Not used. ACT: Not used since the creation of the Territory
Barbados		Parish
Bermuda		Parish
Canada	New Brunswick	Parish
	Prince Edward Island	Parish
	Quebec	Parish municipality
China	Macau	Freguesia / 堂區
Dominica		Parish
Ecuador		Parroquia
Estonia		Vald
Georgia		მუნიციპალიტეტი
Grenada		Parish
Guernsey		Parish
Ireland		Civil parish	In Ireland, civil parishes still exist, but only for legal reasons.
Jamaica		Parish
Jersey		Parish
Latvia		Pagasts
Isle of Man		Parish
Montserrat		Parish
(Nordic countries)		Municipality	In Nordic countries, a rural administrative parish is like what they used to call 'socken' or 'sogn'. These were early versions of today's municipalities in Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark.
Portugal		Freguesia
Russia		Приход
Saint Kitts and Nevis		Parish
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		Parish
Spain	(Asturias, Galicia)	Parroquia
Ukraine		район
United Kingdom	England	Civil parish	In most of the British Isles except Scotland and Wales, it's called a civil parish to separate it from the church parish. In England, a civil parish council can change its name to a town council or a community council. In Northern Ireland, civil parishes are still around but only for legal reasons.
	Northern Ireland	Civil parish
	Scotland (formerly)	Civil parish
	Scotland	Community
	Wales	Community
United States	Louisiana	Parish	In 48 U.S. states, they use the term 'county.' But in Louisiana, they have something similar called 'parishes,' and in Alaska, they use 'boroughs' instead.
	South Carolina (formerly)	Parish	Until the late 19th century, the South Carolina Lowcountry was split into parishes. Today, all of South Carolina is divided into counties.[5]
Venezuela		Parroquia

References

1. "Parishes and historical land administration". Government of Queensland. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
2. "Parish and historical maps". Land & Property Information. Government of New South Wales. 2012. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
3. "Victorian county, parish & township plans".
4. "Hundreds". Data.SA. 2023-05-05 [2016-03-23]. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
5. The Newberry Library (2009). "South Carolina: Individual County Chronologies, South Carolina Atlas of Historical County Boundaries". publications.newberry.org. Chicago, Illinois, US. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2018.