City councils

legislative branch of a municipality

thumb|267x267px|Meeting of the Isselburg City Council, [[North Rhine-Westphalia, 2011]] In the Germanosphere, a Stadtrat (city council) is a collegial body appointed to represent or administer a city, or a member of such a body. Similar terms are used in Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Sweden, and other democratic countries. In some German states, Stadtrat also refers to a department head within a city administration.

Spanish colonial, and early post-colonial, administrative council which governed a municipality

administrative division in Israel

the administrative authority of Yerevan

highest decision-making organ in the Finnish city of Helsinki

thumb|right|300px|Arnaut Arnaut's Four Functions of the Toulousian Capitoulate. From left to right: justice, trade, church, and construction. thumb|right|200px|Portrait of the Capitouls Named by Writ of Parliament, 28 November 1622, by Jean Chalette. thumb|right|200px|The eight capitouls for 1618, painted in the Capitole de Toulouse|Capitol's chapel. thumb|right|200px|The Chateau Narbonnais in the 19th century.

legislative branch of the City of Buenos Aires

local government for Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia

Local representative body

elected body of a commune in France