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Phalanstère
A phalanstère (or Phalanstery) was a type of building designed for a self-contained utopian community, ideally consisting of 500–2000 people working together for mutual benefit, and developed in the early 19th century by Charles Fourier. Fourier chose the name by combining the French word phalange ( phalanx, the basic military unit in ancient Greece), with the word monastère ( monastery).