Each of the larger burhs became the centre of a territorial district of considerable size, carved out of the neighbouring countryside in order to support the town.

There are seven districts ( with an eighth currently under construction ), each of which is divided into smaller suburbs, and most of which have a town centre which is the focus of commercial and social activities.

The early 1960s and 1970s ( up until his death in 1976 ) were marked by key works in Helsinki, in particular the huge town plan for the void in centre of Helsinki adjacent to Töölö Bay and the vast railway yards, and marked on the edges by significant buildings such as the National Museum and the main railway station, both by Eliel Saarinen.

Aerial view of the district of Unterkochen ( the town centre is partly covered and in the background ), the Aalen lowlands well perceptible in the back

The Kocher enters the town ’ s territory from Oberkochen to the south, crosses the district of Unterkochen, then enters the town centre, where the Aal flows into it.

Aalen ’ s territory ranges over all lithostratigraphic groups of the south-German Jurassic: Aalen ’ s south and the Flexner massif are on top of the Weißer Jura ( White Jurassic ), the town centre is on the Brauner Jura ( Brown Jurassic ), and a part of Wasseralfingen is on the Schwarzer Jura ( Black Jurassic ).

They are listed clockwise, beginning south, with their respective linear distances to Aalen town centre given in brackets:

Aalen ’ s territory consists of the town centre ( Kernstadt ) and the municipalities

The town centre itself and the merged former municipalities consist of numerous villages ( Teilorte Town of Aalen ’ s website

* Forfar, the county town and administrative centre

Aegina town centre

The plateau, on whose centre stands the town of Ajmer, may be considered as the highest point in the plains of North India ; from the circle of hills which hem it in, the country slopes away on every side-towards river valleys on the east, south, west and towards the Thar Desert region on the north.

Afyon is the centre of an agricultural area and the city has a country town feel to it.

Best eaten at the famous Ikbal restaurants ( either the old one in the town centre or the big place on the main road ).

In the town centre is St Elvan's Church, a Church in Wales church at the heart of the Parish of Aberdare.

The town is served by Aberdare railway station and Aberdare bus station, opposite each other in the town centre.

A tourist information office run by VisitScotland sits in the centre of town, offering free information, selling souvenirs and acting as a booking office for many of the local B & B's and hotels.

The town is a former centre of the cotton and textile machinery industries.

The town centre is home to a number of high street multiples, including: Greggs, Argos, Specsavers, Wilkinson's, Shoe Zone, Superdrug, Costa Coffee, JJB Sports, Cash Generator, GAME, Poundland, Timpson, Althams Travel, Ladbrokes, Paddy Power, Claire's, Grainger Games, Post Office, Thomas Cook, Thomson, Burton, Holland & Barrett, Dorothy Perkins, Blockbuster, WHSmith, H Samuel, Iceland, Phones 4U, Boots Opticians, Card Factory, Boots, Store Twenty One, Poundworld, Peacocks, B & M Bargains, Wetherspoons and a mix of other shops.

A retail park near the town centre, Eastgate Retail Park, has stores such as Home Bargains, United Carpets Woodfloor & Beds, Morrisons ( formley Netto ) and Poundstretcher.

The Hyndburn or Accrington Brook flows through the centre of the town.

The main road running through the town centre is the A680 running from Rochdale to Whalley.

One of the most important pieces of the regeneration jigsaw for the Borough is reviving Accrington town centre.

He is a Craig's wife who agonizes about tobacco ash on the living room rug and he is a forgetful genius who goes boating with the town baker when dignitaries from the local university have come to call.

This land is in various stages of development in several locations throughout the town.

If they are to be commended for foresight in their planning, what then is the judgment of a town council that compounds this problem during the planning stage??

The `` fruitful course '' of metropolitanization that you recommend is currently practiced by the town of East Greenwich and had its inception long before we learned what it was called.

Rhode Island law specifies that all real estate is taxable in the town in which it is situated.

Although a similar situs for tangible property is mentioned in the statute, this is cancelled out by the provision that definite kinds of property `` and all other tangible property '' situated or being in any town is taxable where the property is situated.

The Smithfield tax assessor, in turn, claims the tax under the provision of law `` and all other tangible personal property situated or being in any town, in or upon any place of storage shall be taxed to such person in the town where said property is situated ''.

Eighteen voted for assessment by the town in which it is located and eleven preferred assessment by the town in which the owner resides.

To summarize, it may be said that there is no one prevailing practice in Rhode Island with respect to the taxation of movable property, that assessors would like to see an improvement, and of those who have an opinion, that assessment by the town of location is preferred on the basis of their present knowledge.

It should be kept in mind that the ease or difficulty with which a town or city can convert to the proposed plan is directly dependent upon the financial condition of that town or city.

Another spot with an image-provoking name is the Black Hills where you can visit the old frontier mining town of Deadwood.

Rich in Christian and Moslem art, Istanbul is today a fascinating museum of East and West that recently became a seaside resort as well with the development of new beaches on the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmara only a short distance from the center of town.

For example, the officials of Poughkeepsie town ( township ) where the project is located think highly of it because it simplifies their snow clearing problem.

Raymond Vernon reports that residents of East St. Louis have been driving across the Mississippi, through the heart of downtown St. Louis and out to the western suburbs for major shopping, simply because parking is easier at the big branches than it is in the heart of town.

Decide first what the place is worth to you and your family as a home in comparison with what it would cost to live in town.

Potemkin's Army of Ekaterinoslav, totaling, it was claimed, 40,000 regular troops and 6,000 irregulars of the Cossack Corps, had invested Islam's principal stronghold on the north shore of the Black Sea, the fortress town of Oczakov, and was preparing to test the Turk by land and sea.

St. Francis is the principal patron of the town, together with Mary ( mother of Jesus ) | Our Lady of Escalera.

The town is often called " media city " since it is the principal centre for radio and television broadcasting in the Netherlands.

The regular street plan, with principal thoroughfares connected by numerous small alleys, betrays the town ’ s medieval origins although many buildings of this period are hidden behind 18th century facades.

The naming of a region and its principal town after the main river is a common feature in this part of the world — compare the adjoining districts / rivers / towns of Arachosia and Bactria.

A Danish town in England often had, as it principal officers, twelve hereditary ‘ law men .’ The Danes introduced the habit of making committees among the free men in court, which perhaps made England favorable ground for the future growth of the jury system out of a Frankish custom later introduced by the Normans .”

The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Chios ( town ).

The town is not very large but the streets are broader than the French towns and clean ands the houses are good .... got the cheapest of hot baths here at the principal house I ever had in my life: one franc.

Its principal expression was prishut, the practice of a married Talmud student going into self-imposed exile from his home and family to study in the kollel of a different city or town.

The principal building on the piazza is the town hall, once the Palazzo dei Priori ( built late 13th, early 14th century ) which was for many years the Palazzo Comunale.

In fifty years, Yerevan was transformed from a town of a few thousand residents within the Russian Empire, to Armenia's principal cultural, artistic, and industrial center, as well as becoming the seat of national government.

Italian provinces are mainly named after their principal town and comprise several administrative subdivisions called comuni ( communes ).

Bastia is the principal port of the island and its principal commercial town, especially famous for its wines.

File: Rennes-Portes Mordelaises. jpg | The Mordelles Gates ( Portes mordelaises ), built in 1440, served as the principal entry to the town during the Middle Ages.

In November 1825, New Town became the capital of the Cherokee Nation, and was renamed New Echota, after the Overhill Cherokee principal town of Chota.

* If a village is the principal settlement of a civil parish, then any administrative body that administers it at parish level should be called a parish council or parish meeting, and not a town council or city council.

The Celtic Mediomatrici tribe was ruler of the city from 450 BC until the Roman conquest, making the town its principal oppidum.

As a well-fortified town at the junction of several military roads, Metz became one of the principal towns of Gaul, more populous than Lutetia ( ancestor of present-day Paris ), and rich thanks to its wine exports.

The principal place on the lake is the town of Zug.

The principal town museum is Barbican House Museum at Lewes Castle, which hosts the Lewes Town Model as well as four galleries of Sussex archaeology.

A historic college town, Athens is home to Ohio University ( 22, 000 + students ) and is the principal city of the Athens, Ohio Micropolitan Statistical Area.

The principal external features were the three, three-storey oriel windows on the east façade, facing the town and emphasising that this was a palace rather than a place of defence.