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===Local Government===
===Local Government===
[[File:Lausanne, Switzerland.jpg|thumb|Lausanne.]]
[[File:Lausanne, Switzerland.jpg|thumb|Lausanne, canton of Vaud.]]
The cantons regulate local government. The basic unit of local government, which administers a village, town, or city, is the commune or municipality. Citizenship is derived from membership in a commune and can be conferred on non-Swiss by a commune. Cantons are subordinate to federal authority but keep autonomy in implementing federal law.
The cantons regulate local government. The basic unit of local government, which administers a village, town, or city, is the commune or municipality. Citizenship is derived from membership in a commune and can be conferred on non-Swiss by a commune. Cantons are subordinate to federal authority but keep autonomy in implementing federal law.