List of intentional communities

This is a list of intentional communities. An intentional community is a planned residential community designed from the start to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, or spiritual vision and often follow an alternative lifestyle. They typically share responsibilities and resources. Intentional communities include collective households, co-housing communities, co-living, ecovillages, monasteries, communes, survivalist retreats, kibbutzim, ashrams, and housing cooperatives. For directories, see external links below.

Ethiopia

 * Awra Amba in the Amhara Region

South Africa

 * Orania near Kimberley in Northern Cape

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 c. 1990s)
 * Jerusalem/Hiruharama (1970-1972)
 * Maungapohatu (founded 1907)
 * Ohu communities (1974- c. 2000)
 * Parihaka (founded c. 1866)
 * Rātana Pā (founded c. 1920s)
 * Riverside Community, New Zealand (founded 1941)

Syria

 * Jinwar (founded 2016)

France

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

Denmark

 * Det Nødvendige Seminarium (DNS)
 * Freetown Christiania, Copenhagen
 * (2002–present)
 * Svanholm

Italy

 * Federation of Damanhur, Piedmont
 * Nomadelfia

Germany

 * Bruderhof Communities, originally in Germany but spread to other countries since
 * Kommune Niederkaufungen
 * ZEGG

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

 * Lakabe in Lacabe
 * FAMILIAFELIZ in Cervera del Maestre (CS)
 * Global Tribe, Andalucia

Sweden

 * Ängsbacka

United Kingdom

 * Braziers Park in South Oxfordshire, England
 * Brithdir Mawr in Pembrokeshire, Wales
 * Chemin Neuf Community and Community of Saint Anselm, Canterbury, England
 * Dial House in England (1970–present)
 * Findhorn in Scotland
 * New Creation Christian Community (closed)
 * Tinker's Bubble in England
 * Rubha Phoil in Scotland
 * Stapleton Colony in England (1921–present)
 * Whiteway Colony

Canada

 * Community Farm of the Brethren, Ontario
 * Hutterite Christian Communities, existing in Australia, Canada, and the United States, but founded in Frenchman Butte, Saskatchewan
 * New Oasis for Life Commune
 * Orthodox Mennonites, existing throughout Canada and 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

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
 * 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
 * Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, New Gloucester, Maine

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

 * Alpha Farm, 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 (c. 1961–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.

Brazil

 * Cecília Colony

Colombia

 * Gaviotas

Mexico

 * Mazunte