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.

The new church which is dedicated to " The Sacred Heart and St Peter the Apostle " sits to the north of the town centre on London Road.

The town of Telluride sits in the valley.

The site where the town now sits has been populated since prehistoric times, as many archeologial excavations have shown through the years.

The Congolese town of Zongo sits opposite the river from Bangui.

The town sits within a rural setting in the Forest of Rossendale, amongst the steep-sided upper-Irwell Valley, through which the River Irwell passes.

The Paine association sits at the centre of a radical tradition that is represented today by writers working in the town.

The island's Cathedral is the old Monastery of the Dormition of the Virgin and sits on the quayside in the town.

Chapel Hill, or at least the town center, indeed sits atop a hill which was originally occupied by a small Anglican " chapel of ease ", built in 1752, known as New Hope Chapel.

While " Bredon " supposedly sits in jail, " Lord Peter " is much seen about town for the next few days.

Wounded, Shane sits up, with his arm hanging uselessly at his side as he rides past the grave markers on Cemetery Hill, and out of town, into the sunrise, over the mountains.

At the mouth of this river sits the town of Kourou, which is ringed by four hills: Carapa, Pariacabo, Café and Lombard, with the Singes and Condamine mountains not far behind.

Webster: The location of the town of Webster, Webster Township sits at the original geographical center of the county, which has moved to Cullowhee Township due to land taken away for the formation of Swain and Transylvania counties.

The town currently sits atop several sites of Pomo Indian villages, and arrowheads are found in gopher holes with some frequency in the less disturbed areas of town bordering the flood plain.

Milltown had a 2000 population of 932 ; the town sits on the western border of the county and a majority of its population lives in Crawford County.

The small town, which served as a kind of microcosm of Hollywood history, sits about 120 miles north of Phoenix, nestled between thousand-foot-high walls of stone in lushly forested Oak Creek Canyon and the wide open space of the Verde Valley, and it was the diversity of this unspoiled landscape that made it such an ideal location to shoot outdoor scenes.

The county seat of Westcliffe is about and along with nearby town Silver Cliff lies in the Wet Mountain Valley which sits at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

The town sits on land honeycombed by coal mines.

One of Arizona's largest shopping malls, Arizona Mills, sits near the border with the town of Guadalupe.

The town sits near the Gila River in the Copper Basin area along with its sister cities, Hayden and Winkelman.

Originally known as Cold Spring Ranch until 1902 ( because of an icy spring ), the town sits on State Route 4 and historically was a stopping point along the toll road between Murphys and Ebbetts Pass, often serving as a resort for visitors to what is now Calaveras Big Trees State Park.

* The Old Mining Camp of Brownsville ( CHL # 465 ) sits just to southwest of the town.

Orland is a rural agricultural town that sits in the northern Sacramento Valley.

The town was named for John Hyde, donor of the land on which the town sits.