Types of communities

A nation is a type of social organization where a collective identity—a national identity—has emerged from a combination of shared features across a given population, such as language, history, ethnicity, culture, territory, or society. Some nations are constructed around ethnicity (see ethnic nationalism) while others are bound by political constitutions (see civic nationalism).

subculture focused on anthropomorphic animal characters

broad group involving people and governments of the world that share common values and operational ties

thumb|300px|An 1893 Isaak_Asknaziy#Selected_paintings|painting by the artist [[Isaak Asknaziy of a Jewish wedding with a band in a ]] ' or ' ( ; , ; pl. shtetelekh) is a Yiddish term for small towns with predominantly Ashkenazi Jewish populations which existed in Eastern Europe before the Holocaust. The term is used in the context of pre-Second World War European Jewish societies as communities within the surrounding non-Jewish populace, and thus bears certain connotations of discrimination. (or , , or ) were mainly found in the areas that constituted the 19th-century Pale of Settlement in the

group of people that aren't cisgender and/or heterosexual

thumb|Convent of the Conceptionists in [[Ágreda, Spain (Roman Catholic)]] thumb|Neuenwalde Convent in Germany belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran tradition of Christianity A convent is an enclosed community of monks, nuns, friars or religious sisters. Those residing in a convent are conventuals. A convent is also the building used by the community, especially in Catholic, Lutheran, and Anglican traditions.

type of community

residental community with controlled entrances and often a closed perimeter of walls/fences

populations of two or more species in a given area

planned, socially-cohesive, residential community

a group of people with a common interest to interact regularly to further that interest

thumb|250px|right|Cohousing playground next to common house

group of people who share expectations regarding linguistic usage

term describing people living in a common location

administrative territorial entity of the People's Republic of China

community of bisexual, pansexual, and sexually fluid people

psychotherapeutic technique which emphasizes socioenvironmental and interpersonal influences in the resocialization and rehabilitation of the patient

group of people cooperating to achieve academic goals

a concept in marketing and consumer research which postulates that human beings form communities on the basis of attachment to a brand

community of people who share a common interest or passion

town or housing complex for older adults who are generally able to care for themselves

libertarian conception of a society entirely of private/cooperative ownership

administrative division found in Belgium, Canada, Iceland, Wales...

community with a shared interest in an area, part of an organisation