City and town halls
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For other uses, see City hall (disambiguation) and Town Hall (disambiguation).
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A small town's administration, police department, and fire station in one building.
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. In North America, a hall is labeled a "city" or "town" hall depending on the size or legal type of the municipality it serves. 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. County Council administrations in the UK are generally based in a building, by analogy, called "County Hall". In Scotland municipal government in larger cities will be found in building described as "City Chambers". Among other exceptions are:
Alternatively, there are "town" halls to be found in cities such as Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Melbourne, and Sydney. 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". "Town hall" tends to have less formal connotations (cf. Town meeting). 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.
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