The town is governed by an urban district council.
As recently as 1900, most of the world was governed this way.
The town is governed by a mayor, 8 aldermen and 24 councillors.
Parma was thus governed for several years by Moreau de SaintMery and by Junot.
The state is divided into fifteen counties, each of which is governed in local matters by a board of county commissioners, and is divided for administrative purposes into townships.
