Most of the functions of municipal government for several municipalities are consolidated and administered centrally from a larger or more central town or municipality among the group , while the individual municipalities ( Ortsgemeinden ) still maintain a limited degree of local autonomy .
Most of the functions of municipal government for several villages are consolidated and administered centrally from a larger or more central village among the group , while the individual villages ( Ortsgemeinden ) still maintain a limited degree of local autonomy .