New Town
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New Town may refer to:
Czech Republic
England
India
Pakistan
Poland
Scotland
Slovakia
United States
Zimbabwe
- New townNew townA 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 townsNew towns in the United KingdomBelow 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, TasmaniaNew Town, TasmaniaNew 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, PragueNew Town, PragueThe 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, LutonNew Town, LutonNew 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, SouthamptonNew Town, SouthamptonNicholstown-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 WalsallWalsallWalsall 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
- RajarhatRajarhatRajarhat 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 TownWarsaw New TownWarsaw'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, EdinburghNew Town, EdinburghThe 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, BratislavaNové Mesto, BratislavaNové 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, CaliforniaNubieber, CaliforniaNubieber 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, GeorgiaNew Town, GeorgiaNew 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, LouisianaNew Iberia, LouisianaNew 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, MissouriNew Town, MissouriNew 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 DakotaNew Town, North DakotaAs 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 communityPlanned communityA 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...