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<p>A community is a <a href="/facts/Level_of_analysis/Xk66HjwW">social unit</a> (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as <a href="/facts/Place_(geography)/fXux5RaJ">place</a>, set of <a href="/facts/Norm_(social)/Qu2jGBz3">norms</a>, <a href="/facts/Culture/c5JgMqpX">culture</a>, <a href="/facts/Religion/cxntrD0R">religion</a>, <a href="/facts/Values/f2RW9TXW">values</a>, <a href="/facts/Convention_(norm)/9S2oS7Aj">customs</a>, or <a href="/facts/Identity_(social_science)/hCR165VD">identity</a>. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a <a href="/facts/Country/a1QSEJhj">country</a>, <a href="/facts/Village/jhnY07n2">village</a>, <a href="/facts/Town/8M3HB52B">town</a>, or <a href="/facts/Neighbourhood/UT2A3wrJ">neighborhood</a>) or in virtual space through communication platforms. Durable good relations that extend beyond immediate genealogical ties also define a sense of community, important to people's identity, practice, and roles in social <a href="/facts/Institution/kGkhGcMN">institutions</a> such as <a href="/facts/Family/EmvXYlxe">family</a>, home, work, <a href="/facts/Government/N4bYL0VC">government</a>, <a href="/facts/Society/PulvrYfa">society</a>, or humanity at large. Although communities are usually small relative to personal social ties, "community" may also refer to large-group affiliations such as <a href="/facts/Nation/ed3XkH6y">national communities</a>, <a href="/facts/International_community/FpnCXuK3">international communities</a>, and <a href="/facts/Virtual_community/D4cucP5G">virtual communities</a>. </p><p>In terms of <a href="/facts/Sociological/d2Fd0N87">sociological</a> categories, a community can seem like a sub-set of a social collectivity. In developmental views, a community can emerge out of a collectivity. </p><p>The <a href="/facts/English_language/tpkxGt7b">English-language</a> word "community" derives from the <a href="/facts/Old_French/QcRpPdAc">Old French</a> <i>comuneté</i> (<a href="/facts/French_language/qe1DnaQh">Modern French</a>: <i><i>communauté</i></i>), which comes from the <a href="/facts/Latin/pM3Kge85">Latin</a> <i><a href="/facts/Communitas/QDVDWI2P">communitas</a></i> "community", "public spirit" (from Latin <i>communis</i>, "common"). </p><p><a href="/facts/Human/rlcTENsr">Human</a> communities may have <a href="/facts/Intention/ahzUpq2G">intent</a>, <a href="/facts/Belief/HbPvkGT6">belief</a>, <a href="/facts/Natural_resource/w9WXxMx3">resources</a>, <a href="/facts/Preference/hWCEmfuX">preferences</a>, <a href="/facts/Need_assessment/WUfT1nzw">needs</a>, and <a href="/facts/Risk/tbBEDA0V">risks</a> in common, affecting the identity of the participants and their degree of <a href="/facts/Group_cohesiveness/bAWLQ7rI">cohesiveness.</a> </p>