:List of municipal corporations in Tamil Nadu
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Municipal Corporations are the local governing bodies of the urban areas in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. A municipal corporation carries out its functions through well organized divisions or departments. The 74th Amendment to the Constitution of India defined the formations of urban local governments and their activities.{{cite web|url=https://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/upload_document/74amend.pdf|title=74th Amendment|work=Government of India|access-date=1 June 2024|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031131507/https://www.mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/upload_document/74amend.pdf|url-status=live}}
Chennai Corporation, which was established on 29 September 1688, is the oldest corporation in India and is the second oldest in the world after London.{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-the-2nd-oldest-corporation-in-the-world/article5180124.ece|title=Chennai - the 2nd oldest Corporation in the world|date=29 September 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=7 November 2023|archive-date=8 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108073927/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-the-2nd-oldest-corporation-in-the-world/article5180124.ece|url-status=live}} Madurai Municipal Corporation was established in 1971 and Coimbatore Municipal Corporation in 1981. Three more were established in 1994 and the count remained at six till 2007. Since then 19 more urban bodies have been declared as municipal corporations. As of 2024, there are 25 municipal corporations in the state.
{{Main|List of municipalities in Tamil Nadu}}
{{Main|List of nagar panchayats in Tamil Nadu}}
List of municipal corporations
Note: Sorted by date of formation followed by alphabetical order
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