For other uses, see City hall (disambiguation) and Town Hall (disambiguation).
In small towns, the town hall may also incorporate other functions, such as a post office. A post office is a facility authorized by a Postal system for the posting receipt sorting handling transmission or delivery of Mail.
A small town's administration, police department, and fire station in one building. A fire station (also called stationhouse) is a structure or other area set aside for storage of firefighting apparatus (i
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. Headquarters (HQ denotes the location where most if not all of the important functions of an organization are concentrated A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan Local governments are administrative offices that are smaller than a State. A city council is a form of Local government, usually covering a City or other Urban area, such as a Town. A town council is a democratically elected form of government for small municipalities or Parishes A council may serve as both the representative and executive branch It is also usually the base of the city, town, borough, or county mayor. A borough is an Administrative division of various countries In principle the term borough designates a self-governing Township although in practice A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government
In North America, a hall is labeled a "city" or "town" hall depending on the size or legal type of the municipality it serves. A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or City halls are usually found in larger cities and town halls in smaller urban areas.
In the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and many Commonwealth countries, "town hall" is the more common term, even when it is located in a city. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders County Council administrations in the UK are generally based in a building, by analogy, called "County Hall". A County council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a County. In Scotland municipal government in larger cities will be found in building described as "City Chambers".
Among other exceptions are:
- The City of London's Guildhall, where the building's name is used. For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically The Guildhall is a building in the City of London, off Cheapside and Basinghall Street, in the wards of Bassishaw and Cheap. City Hall is the seat of the Mayor of London and Mansion House the home of the Lord Mayor. The Mayor of London is an elected politician who along with the London Assembly of 25 members is accountable for the strategic government of Greater London (see The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city with special recognition
- Brisbane, where the Brisbane City Hall is an example of an Australian local council that has a "city hall". Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland Brisbane City Hall is the seat of the City Council of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
- Birmingham, England, where Birmingham Town Hall is a concert hall and the city's administration is housed in the City of Birmingham Council House. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Birmingham Town Hall is a Grade I 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 Birmingham City Council House in Birmingham, England is the home of Birmingham City Council.
- Cheltenham, England, where the Town Hall is an assembly rooms and the borough council is housed in the "Municipal Offices". Education Cheltenham Town Hall is an early twentieth-century Assembly rooms in Cheltenham, England. In Great Britain and Ireland especially in the 18th and 19th centuries assembly rooms were gathering places for members of the higher social classes open to members of both sexes
- Leeds, England, where Leeds Town Hall is primarily a concert venue. Leeds ( is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England Leeds Town Hall was built between 1853 and 1858 in Park Lane (now The Headrow) Leeds, West Yorkshire to a design by Architect Cuthbert There are a few minor administrative functions, although the City Council is based in Leeds Civic Hall. Leeds Civic Hall is a civic building housing Leeds City Council, located in Millennium Square, Leeds, England.
- Liverpool, England, Liverpool Town Hall, where the building is the Official Residence of the City's Lord Mayor. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary The Liverpool Town Hall is a Grade I Listed Building built in a striking style of architecture The City Council's offices are located in the Municipal Buildings.
- Sheffield, England, where Sheffield City Hall houses a concert hall and ballroom. Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England Sheffield City Hall is a Grade II* Listed building in Sheffield, England, containing several venues ranging from the Oval Concert Hall which
Alternatively, there are "town" halls to be found in cities such as Manchester, Sheffield, Melbourne, and Sydney. Manchester Town Hall is a building in Manchester, England that houses Manchester City Council. Sheffield Town Hall is a building in the City of Sheffield, England. Melbourne Town Hall is the central municipal building of the City of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. The Sydney Town Hall is a landmark Sandstone building located in the heart of Sydney.
City hall buildings are often icons that symbolize their cities. A famous example is the Los Angeles City Hall, which has been featured in many Hollywood films. Los Angeles City Hall, completed 1928 is the tallest base isolated structure in the world
Language
"City hall" can be used by metonymy for "municipal government" or for government in general, as in the axiom "You can't fight city hall". In Rhetoric, metonymy (mɨˈtɒnɨmi is the use of a word for a concept or object associated with the concept/object originally denoted by the word For the government of parliamentary systems see Executive (government. In traditional Logic, an axiom or postulate is a proposition that is not proved or demonstrated but considered to be either self-evident, or subject "Town hall" tends to have less formal connotations (cf. Town meeting). A town meeting is a meeting where the population of an entire geographic area is invited to participate in a gathering often for a political administrative or legislative purpose
Gallery of city and town halls around the world
(in alphabetical order)
As symbols of local government, many city and town halls have distinctive architecture. Local governments are administrative offices that are smaller than a State. The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation
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Boston 's Old City Hall was home to its city council from 1865 to 1969 Botoşani (pronunciation in Romanian: /boto'ʃanʲ/ (population 119132 is the capital city of Botoşani County, in northern Moldavia, Romania The Box Hill Town Hall is a landmark civic building located (at) on Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia. The Braga Town Hall (in portuguese Paços do Concelho de Braga) is a landmark building located in Sé parish in the heart of Braga Braşov (braˈʃov Brassó Kronstadt Medieval Latin: Brassovia or Corona) is a city in Romania and the capital of Braşov County Bratislava 's Old Town Hall (Stará radnica régi városháza is one of the oldest stone buildings in Bratislava and the oldest city hall in Slovakia. The Town Hall of Bremen is the seat of the President of the Senate and of the Mayor of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Brisbane City Hall is the seat of the City Council of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The Council House has been the seat of local government in Bristol, England since 1956 The Old Council House ( is in Corn Street Bristol, England. It was built as the city council chamber and treasurer's office between 1824 and 1827 by Sir Brooklyn Borough Hall was designed in 1835 by architect Gamaliel King, and constructed under the supervision of superintendent Stephen Haynes. Brunswick Town Hall is located on the corner of Dawson Street and Sydney Road in the inner northern Melbourne, suburb of Brunswick, Victoria The Town Hall (French Hôtel de Ville, Dutch Stadhuis) of City of Brussels is a Gothic building from the Middle Ages Bucharest ( Romanian: Bucureşti) is the Capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. Buffalo City Hall is the seat for local government in the City of Buffalo, New York State. Buninyong Town Hall is located in the centre of Buninyong Victoria, Australia. The city of Buzău (bu'zəw is the county seat of Buzău County, Romania, in the historical region of Wallachia. Camberwell Town Hall is located on Camberwell Road Camberwell, an inner eastern suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The Cambridge Massachusetts City Hall is City hall for Cambridge Massachusetts, located at 795 Massachusetts Avenue and built in the Richardsonian Romanesque Cape Town City Hall is a large Edwardian building in Cape Town city centre which was built in 1905 City Hall is a Civic building in Cathays Park, Cardiff, Wales. Český Těšín ( Czeski Cieszyn, Tschechisch-Teschen is a town in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Chadderton (pop 33000 is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. Chicago City Hall is the official seat of government of the City of Chicago in Illinois. The City Hall of Chihuahua is an early XXth century building in the city of Chihuahua Chihuahua, Mexico. The Chipley City Hall (also known as Washington County Public Library or the Chamber of Commerce) is a historic site in Chipley, Florida UserNrhpBot from the NRIS Database The prose may be stilted and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state The Cloquet City Hall, also known as the Spafford Building is located at Avenue B and Arch Street in Cloquet in the U (pronunciation in Romanian: /'kluʒ na'poka/ Klausenburg Kolozsvár Napoca Castrum Clus Claudiopolis קלויזנבורג Kloiznburg until 1974 Cluj, is the third Collingwood Town Hall is a civic building located on Hoddle Street in Abbotsford, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The present Copenhagen City Hall is situated on Rådhuspladsen (English City Hall Square) in central Copenhagen. The present Copenhagen City Hall is situated on Rådhuspladsen (English City Hall Square) in central Copenhagen. Craiova (kraˈjova the fifth largest Romanian city and capital of Dolj County, is situated near the east bank of the river Jiu in central The Crystal River Old City Hall is a historic building in Crystal River, Florida, USA. The Coleman A Young Municipal Center is a government office building in Downtown Detroit near Hart Plaza, One Detroit Center and the Renaissance Center City Hall Dublin ( originally the Royal Exchange, is a civic building in Dublin, Ireland. Edmonton's City Hall was designed by Dub Architects and completed in 1992 The Clocktower Centre, previously known as Essendon Town Hall or Moonee Ponds Town Hall, is a civic building in Moonee Ponds in Melbourne Falkenberg Town Hall was built in 1960. Lennart Tham was chosen as architect after a competition Fitzroy Town Hall is a civic building located in Napier Street in Fitzroy, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The Palazzo Vecchio (IPA pronunciation vɛkio (Italian for Old Palace is the town hall of Florence, Italy Fordwich /ˈfɔːdˌwɪtʃ/ is said to be the smallest Town in England, with a population of around 300 people Römer is also a surname. Römer is also a company dedicated to child road products Fredericton (pronounced ˈfrɛdrɨktɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, by virtue of the provincial Frederiksberg Town Hall in Frederiksberg, Denmark was built during the years 1942-53 Fremantle Town Hall is a town hall located in the portside city of Fremantle Western Australia and situated on the corner of High William and Adelaide Streets The Town of Gardiner, in Ulster County, New York, USA uses the former Gardiner Schoolhouse as its Town hall Geelong Town Hall is a civic building located on Gheringhap Street in central Geelong, Victoria. Gijón ( Asturian: Xixón) is a coastal industrial city The City Chambers (built 1882-90 architect William Young) of Glasgow, Scotland, are the headquarters of Glasgow City Council, the largest Gothenburg ( Swedish:) /jœte'bɔrj/ is a city, a municipality, and an urban area on the west-coast of Sweden. De Haan Haan is a town in the Bergian district of Mettmann, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The City Hall in Haarlem is the seat of the city's government Halifax City Hall is the seat of municipal government in Nova Scotia 's Halifax Regional Municipality. Halle (Hal is a Flemish City and municipality in the district ( arrondissement) Halle-Vilvoorde of the province Hamilton City Hall is located in downtown Hamilton Ontario, Canada. is a city and municipality in the county of Finnmark, Norway. The New City Hall (Neues Rathaus or New Town Hall in Hanover, Germany, is a City hall and was opened on July 20, 1913 Hayward City Hall is located in Downtown Hayward in Hayward California, next to the Hayward BART Station. Heidelberg Town Hall is a civic building located on Upper Heidelberg Road in Ivanhoe, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. ' s-Hertogenbosch ( (literally "The Duke's Forest" colloquially known as Den Bosch ( — translated in French as Bois-le-Duc, in German The Hillsboro Civic Center is a government-built mixed-use development in downtown Hillsboro Oregon, United States. is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Ho Chi Minh City Hall or Hotel de Ville de Saigon was built in 1902-1908 in a French colonial style for the then city of Saigon. The Metropolitan Borough of Holborn was a Metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965 when it was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough The Hong Kong City Hall ( is a building located at Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Honolulu Hale, located on 530 South King Street in Downtown Honolulu in the City & County of Honolulu, Hawai{{okina}}i, is the official seat of government Hornsey Town Hall is a public building in Crouch End area of Hornsey, London. The Houston City Hall building constructed in 1938-1939 is surrounded by Skyscrapers and very similar to dozens of other city halls built in the Southwest United States Jakobstad City Hall ( Jakobstads rådhus in Swedish) is a historic building in the city of Jakobstad, Finland. Jeddah Municipality (also called Amanat Mohafathat Jeddah Arabic: أمانة محافظة جدة (and Al-Baladiyah Arabic: البلدية) Safra Square (כיכר ספרא kikar safra) is Jerusalem 's City hall Complex named after Jacob and Esther Safra parents of The Town Hall Kaiserslautern (Das Rathaus was the tallest Town hall in Germany at its inauguration in 1968 The City Hall of Kansas City Missouri, is the official seat of government for the city of Kansas City Missouri. The Town Hall of Kaunas (Kauno rotušė stands in the middle of the Town Hall Square at the heart of the Old Town, Kaunas, Lithuania. The Kecskemét City Hall is the house of the main administration of the city of Kecskemét, Bács-Kiskun County Hungary. Kensington Town Hall is a former Municipal hall in Kensington Victoria, Australia. The City Hall of Kitchener Ontario, Canada, has gone through many iterations through the 20th century culminating in the current building opened in 1993 Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur or Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL is a local authority which administrates Kuala Lumpur city centre and other areas in the Federal La Ceiba is a port city on the northern coast of Honduras in Central America. La Grange, a Suburb of Chicago, is a village in Cook County, in the U Leamington Spa, properly Royal Leamington Spa, commonly Leamington (ˈlɛmɪŋtən and "Leam" to locals is a Spa town in central Leeds Town Hall was built between 1853 and 1858 in Park Lane (now The Headrow) Leeds, West Yorkshire to a design by Architect Cuthbert The Town Hall (Dutch Stadhuis) of Leuven, Belgium, is a landmark building on that city's Grote Markt (Main Market square across from Liberec Town Hall is a large building in the town of Liberec in the Czech Republic. Starting out Designed by prominent Colorado architect Jacques Benedict and built in 1920 as a new center for civic activities the building contained city offices The Old Live Oak City Hall (also known as the City of Live Oak Police and Fire Department) is a historic site in Live Oak, Florida, United States The Liverpool Town Hall is a Grade I Listed Building built in a striking style of architecture Lockhart is a town in Covington County, Alabama, United States. The Old Town Hall of Lo is a historic landmark in the municipality of Lo-Reninge, in the Belgian province of West Flanders. City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority which comprises the Mayor of London and London Assembly. County Hall (sometimes called London County Hall LCH is a building in Lambeth, London, that was the headquarters of London County Council and later the The Guildhall is a building in the City of London, off Cheapside and Basinghall Street, in the wards of Bassishaw and Cheap. Los Angeles City Hall, completed 1928 is the tallest base isolated structure in the world Louisville City Hall was completed in 1873 to house the city government of Louisville Kentucky. Luton Town Hall is situated at the junction between Manchester Street Upper George Street and George Street Luton, England; the current building was completed in Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain. Stonnington City Centre (Malvern Town Hall is the former town hall of the Municipality of Malvern in the state of Victoria. Manchester Town Hall is a building in Manchester, England that houses Manchester City Council. Manchester Town Hall is a building in Manchester, England that houses Manchester City Council. The City of Manila The Markham Civic Centre is the City hall of the town of Markham Ontario. Melbourne Town Hall is the central municipal building of the City of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. The Milwaukee City Hall is in Milwaukee Wisconsin, US It was finished in 1895 at which time its Bell tower, at 353 feet (108 m was the third tallest Minneapolis City Hall and Hennepin County Courthouse (also known as the Municipal Building) designed by Long and Kees, is the main building used by the city government The Mississauga Civic Centre is the City hall of the city of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Old City Hall, also known as the Southern Market, is a historic complex of adjoining buildings in Mobile, Alabama, that currently houses the Museum The 5 storey Montreal City Hall ( Hôtel de Ville) is the work of architects Henri-Maurice Perrault and Alexander Cowper Hutchison, built between 1872 jpg
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See also
- Town Meeting
- Royal Palace of Amsterdam (was a town hall and for a long time the largest (public) administrative building in Europe)
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