New Town
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New Town may refer to:
  • New town
    New town
    A new town is a specific type of a planned community, or planned city, that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area. This contrasts with settlements that evolve in a more ad hoc fashion. Land use conflicts are uncommon in new...

    , a generic name for a planned city development or expansion
  • In the United Kingdom, any of a specific set of towns
    New towns in the United Kingdom
    Below is a list of some of the new towns in the United Kingdom created under the various New Town Acts of the 20th century. Some earlier towns were developed as Garden Cities or overspill estates early in the twentieth century. The New Towns proper were planned to disperse population following the...

     created under various Acts of Parliament for population moved out of overcrowded conurbations

Places

Australia
  • New Town, Tasmania
    New Town, Tasmania
    New Town is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, located about 4 km north of the central business district of Hobart. One of the city's oldest suburbs, it is now an inner city residential suburb. Many of its streets are lined with Federation style cottages...

    , a suburb of Hobart


Czech Republic
  • New Town, Prague
    New Town, Prague
    The New Town is a quarter in the city of Prague in the Czech Republic. New Town is the youngest and largest of the five independent towns that today comprise the historic center of modern Prague...

     (Nové Město), a district of Prague


England
  • New Town, Birmingham, an inner-city district of Birmingham
  • New Town, Luton
    New Town, Luton
    New Town is a district of Luton just south east of the town centre between Castle Street, the main route to London and the M1 motorway on one side and Park Street, leading to Luton Hoo and the village of Hyde on the other side.- Local Area :...

    , a district of Luton
  • New Town, Southampton
    New Town, Southampton
    Nicholstown-Newtown is a small area to the north-east of Southampton's city centre. To the north is Bevois Valley, to the east Northam and to the west and south is St Mary's. In the north of Newtown is the Mount Pleasant area, which spills over into the north of Northam...

    , a district of the city of Southampton
  • New Town, Walsall, a district of Walsall
    Walsall
    Walsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. It is located northwest of Birmingham and east of Wolverhampton. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Walsall is a component area of the West Midlands conurbation and part of the Black Country.Walsall is the administrative...



India
  • Rajarhat
    Rajarhat
    Rajarhat Gopalpur , a neighbourhood of Calcutta, located in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, is a fast-growing planned new city. It is situated near the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport. Many high-profile industrialists of national and international standing are...

    , also called New Town, Calcutta


Pakistan
  • New Town, Karachi, also called Binori Town


Poland
  • Warsaw New Town
    Warsaw New Town
    Warsaw's New Town is a neighbourhood dating from the 15th century. It lies just north of the Old Town and is connected to it by ulica Freta , which begins at the Barbican...

    , an old district of Warsaw


Scotland
  • New Town, Edinburgh
    New Town, Edinburgh
    The New Town is a central area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is often considered to be a masterpiece of city planning, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site...

    , the centre of Edinburgh


Slovakia
  • Nové Mesto, Bratislava
    Nové Mesto, Bratislava
    Nové Mesto is a borough of Bratislava, in the Bratislava III district. It is located north and north-east of the Old Town. The borough also borders Rača, Vajnory, Ružinov, Lamač and Záhorská Bystrica boroughs.-History:...

     (New Town in English), a borough in Bratislava


United States
  • New Town, California, the former name of Nubieber, California
    Nubieber, California
    Nubieber is a census-designated place in Lassen County, California. It was located at the common terminus of the Western Pacific Railroad and the Great Northern Railway Bieber Line southwest of Bieber, at an elevation of 4121 feet...

  • New Town, California, the former name of Newtown, El Dorado County, California
  • New Town (Key West)
    New Town (Key West)
    New Town is a neighborhood within the City of Key West, Florida in Monroe County, United States.It is located on the eastern side of the island, and roughly defined as the part of the island that is east of 1st Street and north of Flagler Avenue....

    , a neighborhood within the City of Key West, Florida
  • New Town, Georgia
    New Town, Georgia
    New Town is an unincorporated community in Gordon County, Georgia, United States. New Town is located northeast of Calhoun. New Town is near the New Echota historic site, which was formerly part of the Cherokee Nation....

  • New Town, Louisiana, the former British name of New Iberia, Louisiana
    New Iberia, Louisiana
    New Iberia is a city in and the parish seat of Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States, 30 miles southeast of Lafayette. In 1900, 6,815 people lived in New Iberia; in 1910, 7,499; and in 1940, 13,747...

  • New Town, Missouri
    New Town, Missouri
    New Town at St. Charles is a partially completed planned community within the city of St. Charles, Missouri. The community's developers espouse the principles of Traditional Neighborhood Design and New Urbanism...

    , a community within the city of St. Charles
  • New Town, North Dakota
    New Town, North Dakota
    As of the census of 2000, there were 1,367 people, 488 households, and 318 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,031.6 people per square mile . There were 512 housing units at an average density of 760.9 per square mile...

  • New Town, South Carolina, the former name of Myrtle Beach
  • Newe Towne, the former name of Cambridge, Massachusetts


Zimbabwe
  • New Town, Kwekwe, a suburb of Kwekwe

Other uses

  • New Town (film), a 1948 film
  • New Town (Jandek album)
  • New Town (Koop Arponen album)
    New Town (Koop Arponen album)
    New Town is the first album by Koop Arponen, the winner of the 2008 Finnish Idols competition.-Track listing:# Every Song I Hear – 03:56# Everything I’m Not – 04:05# Sweet Words And A Lonely Night Away – 03:33# Innocent Eyes – 3:53# Love Is Cool New Town is the first album by Koop Arponen, the...


See also

  • Newton (disambiguation)
  • Newtown (disambiguation)
  • Newtonville (disambiguation)
  • Planned community
    Planned community
    A planned community, or planned city, is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area. This contrasts with settlements that evolve in a more ad hoc fashion. Land use conflicts are less frequent in planned communities since...

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