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Encyclopedia > City and town halls
In small towns, the town hall may also incorporate other functions, such as a post office.

A city hall or town hall is the headquarters of a city or town's administration and usually houses the city or town council, its associated departments and their employees. It is also usually the base of the city, town, borough or county mayor. The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... Town Hall railway station is the second-busiest railway station on the CityRail network (after Central station), located in Sydney, Australia. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area... The Town Hall is a performance space located at 123 West 43rd Street, between Sixth Avenue and Broadway, in New York City, New York. ... Post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama, Sunday, June 30, 2002. ... Post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama, Sunday, June 30, 2002. ... Small-town post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama A post office is a facility (in most countries, a government one) where the public can purchase postage stamps for mailing correspondence or merchandise, and also drop off or pick up packages or other special-delivery items. ... Headquarters (HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. ... The city of Chicago, as seen from the sky The main square of the Catalan city of Sabadell during a popular celebration. ... Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... Local governments are administrative offices of an area smaller than a state or province. ... A city council is the most common style of legislative government in a city or town. ... In the United Kingdom, town councils are civil parish councils, where the civil parish is a town. ... A borough is an administrative division used in various countries. ... A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ...


In North America, a hall is labeled a "city" or "town" hall depending on the size of the municipality it serves. City halls are usually found in larger cities and town halls in smaller urban areas. World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ... The city of San Francisco, an example of an urban area. ...


In the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and many Commonwealth countries, "town hall" is the more common term. County Council administrations in the UK are generally based in a building, by analogy, called "County Hall". The Commonwealth of Nations (CN), usually known as The Commonwealth, is a voluntary association of 53 independent sovereign states, all of which, with the exception of Mozambique, are former colonies of the United Kingdom. ... In the British Isles, a county council is a council that governs a county. ...


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Alternatively, there are "town" halls to be found in cities such as Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Melbourne and Sydney. The City of London is a geographically-small city within Greater London, England. ... The Guildhall The Guildhall complex in c. ... Ken Livingstone, the current Mayor of London The Mayor of London is an elected politician in London, United Kingdom. ... Mansion House is the name applied to the official residences of the Lords Mayor of Dublin and London. ... Councillor Patrick (Pat) John Stannard, Lord Mayor of Oxford (2004). ... Brisbane (pronounced ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, as well as the third largest city in Australia, with a greater metropolitan population of just under two million. ... Bribane City Hall ( view from King George Square ) Brisbane City Hall has frontages to King George Square, Ann Street and Adelaide Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... This article is about the city in England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Birmingham Town Hall is a Grade 1 listed concert and meeting venue in Victoria Square, Birmingham, England. ... A Concert hall is a cultural building, which serves as performance venue, chiefly for classical instrumental music. ... Categories: UK geography stubs ... Manchester Town Hall Manchester Town Hall is a building in Manchester, England that houses the citys government and administrative functions. ... Leeds Town Hall Leeds Town Hall was built in 1858, on a site in Park Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ... Sheffield Town Hall is a building in the city of Sheffield in the north of England. ... During the Melbourne International Comedy Festival the Melbourne Town Hall acts as venue to a large number of the performances. ... The Sydney Town Hall The Sydney Town Hall is a landmark sandstone building located in the heart of Sydney. ...

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"City hall" can be used by metonymy for "municipal government" or for government in general, as in the idiom "You can't fight city hall". "Town hall" tends to have less formal connotations (cf. Town meeting). In rhetoric, metonymy is the substitution of one word for another word with which it is associated. ... An Idiom is an expression (i. ... A town meeting is a meeting where an entire geographic area is invited to participate in a gathering, often for a political or administrative purpose. ...


Gallery of city and town halls around the world

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As symbols of local government, many city and town halls have distinctive architecture. Local governments are administrative offices of an area smaller than a state or province. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore. ... Bangalore (anglicised from Bengalooru) is the capital of Karnataka, located in South India. ... Image File history File links Belfast_City_Hall_-_Carisenda. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 231 KB)[edit] Summary Berezhany City Hall taken by me (Roman Zakharii) in 2004. ... Tarnopol Voivodeship bis 17 September 1939, location the city Panorama over the old town of Berezhany Berezhany (Ukrainian: , Polish: ) is a city located in the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. ... Boston City Hall, Boston, Massachusetts Source: Library of Congress Collection: Historic American Buildings Survey Origin: National Park Service URL: http://memory. ... Boston City Hall during the 2004 rally for the New England Patriots. ... Download high resolution version (1144x856, 244 KB) Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Brisbane (pronounced ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, as well as the third largest city in Australia, with a greater metropolitan population of just under two million. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2000x3008, 3400 KB) Description Hotel de ville de Bruxelles by night Photo taken by Luc Viatour 2006 Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Brussels User:Lviatour User:Lviatour/Images/Belgique Metadata This file contains additional information, probably... Town Hall of Brussels The Town Hall (French: Hôtel de Ville, Dutch: Stadhuis) of Brussels, Belgium, stands on that citys famous Grand Place. ... Image File history File links CapeTownCityHall. ... Cape Town City Hall (Afrikaans Kaapstad Stadsaal) is a large Edwardian building in Cape Town city centre. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2576x1932, 1252 KB) Description: City hall in ÄŒeský Těšín Date: 5 July, 2006 Camera: Kodak DX7590 Author: Darwinek File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): ÄŒeský T... ÄŒeský Těšín (Polish: ) is a town in the northeastern Czech Republic, on the Olza river, in Moravian-Silesian Region. ... Image File history File links Chicago_City_Hall. ... Chicago City Hall, shortly before construction was completed in 1911. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1760x1168, 502 KB) Summary Cleveland City Hall Photo by Stu Spivack Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: City hall Cleveland City Council Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... one of a famous set of eighteenth century Maltons prints of Dublin - no copyright that I have ever heard of and given the age, even if they had been copyrighted, it would have lapsed centuries ago. ... Dublin City Hall 18th Century view of the Royal Exchange one of Maltons views of Dublin The City Hall, Dublin, originally the Royal Exchange, was built between 1769 and 1779 and is a particularly fine example of 18th century architecture. ... Image File history File links Edmonton3. ... Edmonton is the capital of Alberta, a Canadian province. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Römer1. ... Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x1600, 777 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Fredericton Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create... Motto: Fredericopolis silvae filia nobilis (Latin: Fredericton noble daughter of the forest) Frederictons Location in NB List of cities in Canada Coordinates: Country Canada Province New Brunswick County York County Established 1785 City Mayor Brad Woodside Governing body Fredericton City Council MPs Andy Scott MLAs T.J. Burke Greg... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 417 KB) Summary Glasgow City Chambers - picture taken by User:Erath on October 20, 2005 and released to public domain. ... The front of the City Chambers, from George Square. ... Download high resolution version (800x608, 130 KB)City hall in Haarlem, the Netherlands. ... City Hall of Haarlem on the Grote Markt. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2816 × 2112 pixel, file size: 3. ... The Metropolitan Borough of Holborn was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1899 and 1965, when it was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras and the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead to form the London Borough of Camden. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (768x1024, 424 KB) City Hall, Hong Kong Taken by Simon Shek at 20 March 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: City Hall, Hong Kong ... Honolulu Hale. ... Honolulu Hale Honolulu Hale, located on 530 South King Street in downtown Honolulu in the City & County of Honolulu, Hawaii, is the official seat of government of the city and county, site of the chambers of the Mayor of Honolulu and the Honolulu City Council. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 444 pixel Image in higher resolution (2048 × 1137 pixel, file size: 225 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) jeddah city hall , taken by user Ammar Shaker 20:49, 5 February 2007 (UTC) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia... picture taken in summer 2006 taken in feb. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 348 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (372 × 640 pixel, file size: 88 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I took this picture myself. ... The Kansas City City Hall, in Kansas City, Missouri, is a skyscraper located in downtown Kansas City and the official seat of government for the city of Kansas City, Missouri. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 777 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (2117 × 1633 pixel, file size: 1. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Kaunas County Municipality Kaunas city municipality Coordinates Number of elderates 11 General Information Capital of Kaunas County Kaunas city municipality Kaunas district municipality Population 361,274 in 2005 (2nd) First mentioned 1361 Granted city rights 1408 Kaunas ( (help· info), approximate English transcription [ˈkəʊ.n... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (424x741, 165 KB) Town hall of Leuven, 03. ... Town Hall, Leuven The Town Hall (Dutch: Stadhuis, French: Hôtel de Ville) of Leuven, Belgium, is a landmark building on that citys Grote Markt square, across from the monumental St. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2125x1524, 552 KB) City Hall, London, England, taken from the high walkway on Tower Bridge. ... City Hall, taken from the high walkway on Tower Bridge The interior of City Hall City Hall in London, informally known as the Leaning Tower of Pizzas or Fosters Nutsack (see also 30 St Mary Axe), is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority and the Mayor of London. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (426x640, 107 KB) http://www. ... Luton Town Hall is situated on the junction between Manchester Street and Upper George Street, Luton and the current building was completed in 1936 on the site of the older Town Hall which was burnt down 19 July 1919, following the peace day riots. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x1536, 665 KB) Los Angeles City Hall. ... Los Angeles City Hall is the center of government in the city of Los Angeles, California. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1536x1024, 516 KB) [edit] Summary Description: La Plaza de la Villa, Madrid. ... Motto: De Madrid al Cielo (From Madrid to Heaven) Coordinates: Country Spain Autonomous Community Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid Province Madrid Administrative Divisions 21 Neighborhoods 127 Founded 9th century Government  - Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (PP) Area  - Land 607 km² (234. ... Image File history File links ManilaCityHall. ... The City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), or simply Manila, is the capital of the Philippines and one of the municipalities that comprise Metro Manila. ... Download high resolution version (1000x768, 97 KB)Minneapolis City Hall circa 1900. ... Minneapolis City Hall, Franklin Bidwell Long and Frederick G. Kees, architects, finished 1906 (view from northeast) Minneapolis City Hall and Hennepin County Courthouse (also known as the Municipal Building) is the main building used by the city government of Minneapolis, Minnesota, also serving Hennepin County. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Mosdumanew. ... Revolution Square and Moscow City Hall in 2000. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 358 KB) Summary New York City Hall from the Park Row side. ... ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 238 KB) no: Oslo rÃ¥dhus en: Townhall of Oslo, Norway File links The following pages link to this file: List of city halls Oslo City Hall ... The Oslo City Hall, seen from the harbour side. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2840x1810, 1386 KB) Cropped, and rotated version of http://commons. ... The Hôtel de Ville houses the office of the Mayor of Paris. ... Philadelphia Town Hall, scanned from postcard, c. ... Philadelphia City Hall is the seat of government for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... City nickname: The Steel City Location in the state of Pennsylvania Founded 1758 Mayor Tom Murphy (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 151. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 402 KB)[edit] Summary [edit] Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... City motto: City of Choice Province KwaZulu-Natal Mayor Zanele Hlatshwayo Area   Unknown Population  - Total (1991)   228,549 Established 1838 Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Calling code 033 Pietermaritzburg is the capital and second largest city of the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1572x1067, 328 KB) City Hall Porto, Portugal. ... Location    - Country Portugal    - Region Norte  - Subregion Grande Porto  - District or A.R. Porto Mayor Rui Rio  - Party PSD Area 41. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (960x1280, 588 KB) Town Hall of PoznaÅ„, wiev from Woźna Str. ... PoznaÅ„ ( ; full official name: The Capital City of PoznaÅ„, Latin: , German: , Yiddish: פּױזן Poyzn) is a city in west-central Poland with over 578,900 inhabitants (2002). ... City and County Building, Salt Lake City, Utah. ... The Salt Lake City and County Building, seat of city government since 1894 The Salt Lake City and County Building, usually called the City-County Building, is the seat of government for Salt Lake City, Utah. ... Download high resolution version (1280x960, 320 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... San Francisco City Hall in Summer 2003. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 492 KB) [edit] Summary City Hall, Singapore. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1944 × 2592 pixel, file size: 1. ... The Sydney Town Hall The Sydney Town Hall is a landmark sandstone building located in the heart of Sydney. ... Image File history File links Isaacsquare. ... The façade of the Mariinsky Palace is executed in a local reddish-brown sandstone. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (881x718, 335 KB) Beschreibung |Description = Arlanda Airport Sweden |Source = own picture |Date = created 3. ... Stockholm City Hall, seen from the south. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 932 KB) Ratusz w Sulmierzycach. ... Town hall in Sulmierzyce Sulmierzyce (German: ) is a town in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, located southeast of PoznaÅ„, at . ... Image File history File linksMetadata Tabriz_City_Hall. ... Tabriz City Hall, built in 1934, by Arfaol molk, with the aid of German engineers. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1309 KB)Tocho towers 1 and 2. ... Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (Tochō) The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building ), (also referred to as Tokyo City Hall, or tochō (都庁) for short) is the building which houses the headquarters of Tokyo local government; this comprises not only the 23 wards that people think of as the city of Tokyo, but also... Download high resolution version (896x592, 121 KB)Toronto City Hall (Personal snapshot by User:Montrealais. ... Toronto City Hall The upper left hand corner of this picture is where Toronto City Hall would be built. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... ToruÅ„ (?· i; German: ; Kashubian: , see also other names) is a city in northern Poland, on the Vistula river. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1952x2576, 1041 KB) own picture File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... s-Hertogenbosch (literally The Dukes Forest in Dutch; translated in French as Bois-le-Duc), unofficially also called Den Bosch, is a municipality in the Netherlands, the capital of the province of North Brabant. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1712x2288, 695 KB) Summary self taken, 31. ... Statistics Population: 79,885 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE335205 Administration Metropolitan Borough: City of Wakefield Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Police Fire and... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 178 KB) Wschowa, ratusz File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): City and town halls Wschowa Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital... Coat of arms Wschowa (German: ) is a town in the Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland with 14,607 inhabitants (2004). ... (With permission, Author: Marek i Ewa Wojciechowscy, http://www. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Download high resolution version (2181x1000, 825 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Zwickau is a city of Germany, in the Bundesland Saxony (Sachsen), situated in a valley at the foot of the Erzgebirge, on the left bank of the Zwickauer Mulde, 130 km (82 miles) southwest of Dresden, south of Leipzig and south west of Chemnitz. ...

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A town meeting is a meeting where an entire geographic area is invited to participate in a gathering, often for a political or administrative purpose. ... Rathaus is the German word that is best translated as town hall. ...



 
 

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