List of company towns

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This is a list of company towns .

See the category Company towns for an unannotated list of articles.
See the category Socialist planned cities for an unannotated list of articles.

Europe

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

France

Germany

Former GDR

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Moldova

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Ukraine

Russia

Kstovo's Peace Square and the WWII monument, sponsored by its city's company LUKOIL. C0189-Kstovo-Peace-Square.jpg
Kstovo's Peace Square and the WWII monument, sponsored by its city's company LUKOIL.

Iron and Steel industry:

Non-ferrous metal industry (the plants there are mostly owned by Norilsk Nickel):

Contents

Iron mining:

Non-metal mineral extraction and processing:

Oil and gas:

Petrochemical industry:

Textile industry

Russian writers and politicians commonly use the expression "градообразующее предприятие" (gradoobrazuyushcheye predpriyatiye, literally 'the enterprise that has created the town') to refer to the industrial facility - these days often part of a larger company such as LUKOIL or Norilsk Nickel - that is the city's main employer and the main source of funding for the city's budget.

Slovakia

United Kingdom

North America

Canada

See List of company towns in Canada

Dominican Republic

Mexico

United States

See List of company towns in the United States

Asia

India

Vikroli, Mumbai, earlier Bombay, developed by Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Sakharwadi, Maharashtra, developed by Walchand Industries Kirloskarwadi, Maharashtra developed by L.K.Kirloskar

Indonesia

Japan

Hokkaido
Tohoku district
Kanto district
Chubu district
Kinki district
Chugoku district
Shikoku district
Kyushu district

Malaysia

Pakistan

Vietnam

Australia

Middle East

Iran

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