The 95 districts of Austria are called Politische Bezirke, they include 15 statutory cities. Though no self-regulatory bodies, the district commission (Bezirkshauptmannschaft) fulfils the assigned tasks at an intermediate administrative level between the Austrian states and the municipalities. Besides, legal districts (Gerichtsbezirke) denotes the area of the respective district court, which may not always be congruent. In Italian South Tyrol, similar Bezirksgemeinschaften (Italian: comunità comprensoriali) exist.
The districts of Switzerland are called Bezirke in several cantons. In Switzerland as a federal state, every canton is free to implement its own administrative structure. The intermediate administrative level above the Swiss municipalities is also referred to as Verwaltungsregion or Verwaltungskreis, Wahlkreis, Amtei or Amt, as well as French: districts in Suisse romande and Italian: distretto in Svizzera italiana. In Schwyz, the six historic Bezirke are self-governing bodies, some with regional Landsgemeinde assemblies, similar to the municipal Kreise of Graubünden. The six Bezirke of Appenzell Innerrhoden are identically equal to municipalities.