Abstract The aim of the submitted study was to illustrate the development of the number of local authorities in all current EU states in the long period between 1950 and 2011 comprehensively, and also by particular decades, thus demonstrating the originality and uniqueness of the topic analysed in this context. Thus, we obtain a more detailed picture of the development of the number of local authorities in EU countries, and we can monitor how local authorities within a specific country gradually developed. (The stabilisation of the number of local units and an increase or gradual or sudden drop in local units are shown, for example). A sudden drop in local units can be associated with significant administrative reforms and with the development of large units of the so-called municipalities. When it becomes necessary to merge local authorities, many countries look to other countries where extensive reforms took place in the past for inspiration. However, it must be borne in mind that in a general European context, we cannot apply a universal system of public administration reforms, and solutions in the form of these reforms inspired by other countries may not always be appropriate.

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1950-2011 年欧盟成员国地方当局的发展

摘要 所提交研究的目的是全面说明 1950 年至 2011 年期间所有当前欧盟国家地方当局数量的发展情况，以及特定几十年的发展情况，从而展示所分析主题的独创性和独特性。这个上下文。因此，我们可以更详细地了解欧盟国家地方当局数量的发展情况，并且可以监控特定国家/地区的地方当局是如何逐步发展的。（例如，显示了本地单位数量的稳定以及本地单位的增加或逐渐或突然下降）。地方单位的突然减少可能与重大的行政改革和所谓的自治市的大型单位的发展有关。当需要合并地方当局时，许多国家向过去进行过广泛改革的其他国家寻求启发。然而，必须牢记的是，在整个欧洲背景下，我们无法应用普遍的公共行政改革体系，而这些受其他国家启发的改革形式的解决方案可能并不总是合适的。