List of intentional communities

Africa

Ethiopia

• Awra Amba in the Amhara Region

South Africa

• Orania near Kimberley in Northern Cape

Asia and Oceania

Australia

• Gondwana Sanctuary, Byron Bay, New South Wales
• House of Freedom (community), Brisbane, Queensland, founder Athol Gill
• House of the Gentle Bunyip, Melbourne, Victoria, founder Athol Gill
• House of the New World, Sydney, New South Wales, founder John Hirt
• Moora Moora, near Healesville, Victoria
• Rocky Cape Christian Community, Tasmania

India

• Auroville, Tamil Nadu

Israel

• Kibbutz Ketura
• Neve Shalom, Jerusalem

Japan

• Atarashiki-mura
• Owa Hutterite Colony

New Zealand

• Centrepoint (founded 1977)
• Gloriavale Christian Community (founded )
• Jerusalem/Hiruharama (1970–1972)
• Maungapohatu (founded 1907)
• Ohu communities (1974– )
• Parihaka (founded )
• Rātana Pā (founded )
• Riverside Community, New Zealand (founded 1941)

Syria

• Jinwar (founded 2016)

Europe

France

• Community of the Ark, La Borie Noble
• Jansiac
• Longo Maï, Limans (1973–present)
• Taizé Community, Taizé, France

Denmark

• Det Nødvendige Seminarium (DNS)
• Freetown Christiania, Copenhagen
• (2002–present)
• Svanholm
• Dyssekilde eco-community (and book town) (Torup, Denmark). Based on the thoughts of the mystic Martinus. (1987-present?)

Italy

• Federation of Damanhur, Piedmont
• Nomadelfia

Germany

• Bruderhof Communities, originally in Germany but spread to other countries since
• Kommune Niederkaufungen
• ZEGG
• Mittendrin Leben eG

Greece

• Eutopia project (community)
• Free and Real

Montenegro

• Montelibero, a libertarian community based on ideas of the Free State Project

Portugal

• Ecoaldea Vegetariana Espiral, Cabeceiras de Basto
• Tamera

Russia

• Life and Labor Commune (1921–1939)

Spain

• in Lacabe
• in Cervera del Maestre (CS)
• Global Tribe, Andalucia
• Resonancia Community in the Alpujarra (Granada). A Coliving in combination with the Ecovillage Laboratory

Sweden

• Ängsbacka

United Kingdom

• Bruderhof Communities in Robertsbridge, East Sussex, England and in Peckham in southeast London.
• Braziers Park in South Oxfordshire, England
• Brithdir Mawr in Pembrokeshire, Wales
• Chemin Neuf Community and Community of Saint Anselm, Canterbury, England{{cite news|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/UK+initiatives+seek+monastic+renewal.-a0393932466
• Dial House in England (1970–present)
• Findhorn in Scotland
• Frestonia in London (1970s–1982)
• New Creation Christian Community (closed)
• Tinker's Bubble in England
• in Scotland
• Stapleton Colony in England (1921–present)
• Whiteway Colony

North America

Canada

• Community Farm of the Brethren, Bright, Ontario
• Fort Pitt Farms Christian Community near Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, one of the Hutterite Christian Communities that exist in Canada and the United States, formerly in Australia as well.
• Hutterite colonies, in Alberta, BC and Saskatchewan
• Middle Road Community, Nelson, BC
• New Oasis for Life Commune, BC
• Orthodox Mennonites, horse and buggy Mennonites, with groups in Ontario and Manitoba, Canada, and in the United States but founded in Ontario
• Poole's Land, Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
• Treehouse Village Ecohousing, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
• Whole Village, Alton, Ontario
• Yarrow Ecovillage, Chilliwack, British Columbia

United States

Midwestern United States

• Bishop Hill Colony, Bishop Hill, Illinois, founded by Swedish pietist Eric Jansson
• Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Rutledge, Missouri
• Dreamtime Village, West Lima, Wisconsin
• East Wind Community, Tecumseh, Missouri
• Elmendorf Christian Community, Mountain Lake, Minnesota
• Enright Ridge Urban Ecovillage, Cincinnati, Ohio
• The Homestead at Denison University, Granville, Ohio
• Jesus People USA (JPUSA), Chicago, Illinois
• Nottingham Housing Cooperative in Madison, Wisconsin
• People of Praise, South Bend, Indiana
• Project Neighborhood, intentional community ran by Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
• Reba Place Fellowship is an intentional Christian community located in Evanston, Illinois within the Chicago metro area
• Stelle, Illinois, until 1982 an intentional community of the Stelle group
• Sunrise Colony, Saginaw, Michigan
• Sunward Cohousing, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Tenacious Unicorn Ranch, Colorado
• Trumbullplex, Detroit, Michigan
• Utopia, Ohio
• Word of God (community), Ann Arbor, Michigan

Northeastern United States

• The Abode of the Message, New Lebanon, New York
• Bruderhof Communities New York
• Bryn Gweled Homesteads, Southampton, Pennsylvania
• Community of Jesus, Orleans, Massachusetts
• Mariapolis Luminosa (Focolare), Hyde Park, New York
• The Free State Project, a state where libertarians concentrate their numbers in the state of New Hampshire to influence democracy
• Ganas, Staten Island, New York
• Modern Times, Brentwood, New York
• Mohegan Colony, Mohegan Lake, New York
• Rachel Carson EcoVillage, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, New Gloucester, Maine
• Helicon Home Colony, Englewood, New Jersey.(Upton Sinclair was a founder)

Southern United States

• Acorn Community, Mineral, Virginia
• Adelphi, Texas
• Alleluia Community, Augusta, Georgia
• Believers in Christ, Lobelville, Tennessee
• Caneyville Christian Community, Caneyville, Kentucky
• Celo Community, Burnsville, North Carolina, United States
• The Farm, Summertown, Tennessee
• Heathcote Community Freeland, Maryland
• Koinonia Farm, near Americus, Georgia
• Living energy farm, Louisa, Virginia
• Miccosukee Land Co-op, Tallahassee, Florida
• Noah Hoover Mennonites, existing in Belize, Canada, and the United States, but centered on Scottsville, Kentucky
• Paulville, Texas, a planned community for supporters of Ron Paul
• Serenbe, Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia
• Twelve Tribes communities, existing worldwide but founded in Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Twin Oaks Community, Louisa, Virginia
• Vernon Community, Hestand, Kentucky
• The Werehouse, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Western United States

• , Deadwood, Oregon
• Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage, founded by the Global Community Communications Alliance, Tumacacori, Arizona
• Black Bear Ranch, an 80-acre intentional community located in Siskiyou County, California
• Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (2020)
• Drop City, Colorado
• Equality Colony, Washington
• Halcyon, California
• Home, Washington
• Kaliflower Commune, San Francisco, California
• Lafayette Morehouse, Lafayette, California
• Slab City, California (–present)
• Stone Curves, Tucson, Arizona
• The Seasteading Institute, an attempt to create artificial land in the ocean for libertarian migration. It is trying to build its first seastead in the San Francisco Bay, California.

Latin America

Brazil

• Cecília Colony

Colombia

• Gaviotas

Mexico

• Credit Foncier Company (Topolobampo), 1886–1900?. Led by .

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