city hall
chief administrative seat of a municipality
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Summary
city hall is a type of building[1]. It draws 1,501 Wikipedia views per month (type of building category, ranking #29 of 101).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: building of public administration[3], civic building[4], public building[5], government office building[6]
- Commons category: Town halls[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Seats of local government[8]
- Facet of: civil architecture[9]
- OpenStreetMap tag: building=townhall[10], amenity=townhall[11]
- Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12]
- Partially coincident with: Rathaus[13], hôtel de ville[14], town hall[15], ratusz[16], government office building[17], mairie[18], stadhuis[19]
- Equivalent class: https://schema.org/CityHall[20]
- Different from: City Hall[21], municipal prefecture[22], ayuntamiento[23]
- Properties for this type: P131[24], P281[25], P18[26], P527[27], P2013[28], P2002[29], P361[30], P6375[31], P17[32], P466[33], P276[34], P625[35]
- Permanent duplicated item: mairie[36]
- Category for the view from the item: Category:Views from town halls[37]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of town halls[38]
- P14692: Churfirsten[39], Ta Kwu Ling Bus Terminus[40]
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Influence
Things named for city hall include town hall meeting[41].
Why It Matters
city hall has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 143 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
Entities named for it include town hall meeting[41].