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Ahmetbey Municipality

The history of Ahmetbey dates back to the Thracians, the years between 600-700 BC. Ahmetbey, which was the host of the Thracian, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine civilizations, was in a state of condition related to the granary of the Lüleburgaz Episcopal Center in

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Amadora

The city of Amadora is one of the 18 municipalities of Lisbon Metropolitan Area and is among the 10 most populous cities of the country. It spans an area of about 24km2, with a population of 175136 residents (census 2011), wich reflects a high population density. It

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Association of the City and the Municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region

The Association of the City and the Municipalities of the Brussels Capital Region is a non-profit organisation established and managed by the local authorities within the Region and aimed at providing them with services.

Avcilar Municipality

Avcilar is one of the most beautiful districts of Istanbul. It is a historical district established by the sea and lake. It has approximately 450 thousand population. It is a city that respects universal human rights. Many ethnic groups live here. There have been

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Besiktas Municipality

Besiktas is located in the European side of the city of Istanbul, and geographically composed of coastal and interior settlements. Despite its small surface area and population, it is ideally located at the junction of arterial roads of Istanbul, and has a convenient

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Büyükçekmece

"More Modern Büyükçekmece, Happier People from Büyükçekmece." Büyükçekmece is well-known on account of its agricultural and tourist potential. It developed rapidly in the 1980s and its population grew day by day. From 1994 onwards great efforts were made in

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Chemnitz

Chemnitz, the “European City of Culture 2025”, is a town with many faces. It is the third largest city in Saxony with approximately 245 000 inhabitants. Art and culture are integral parts of the city’s history. As an old industrial town, the city was named the

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City of Iasi

Iasi City, “the Cultural capital” of Romania, is situated in S-E Europe, in the N-E of Romania, and is the most important city near the border, as it is the eastern entrance gate to the European Union and the capital of the future Euro-region. With a population

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City of Krusevac

Krusevac, once a medieval Serbian capital, today represents administrative, culture, education, informative, and sports centre of Rasina District. The city has 127,429 citizens who live both in urban and rural area. Krusevac, the city of rich tradition and age’s old

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Edremit

The municipality of Edremit, in Türkiye, is located on the Aegean Coast. With its 34 kms of coastline covered with beaches and crystalline waters overlooking the stunning Gulf of Edremit, this precious center is included in the metropolitan city district of Balikesir.

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Executive Committee of Fastiv City Council

Fastiv is a city of the regional subordination. It is an administrative center of Fastiv region and a diversified industrial center. The city is located (situated) to the south west part of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, on the banks of the Unava River. The total area

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Farkadona

Located in the Region of Thessaly in Central Greece, the urban environment of Farkadona includes small cities and villages while its natural environment includes Mountains, plains, small forests and several rivers. The Local authority has several Main Goals such as:

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FINLYANDSKY MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF SAINT-PETERSBURG

With its population of more than 76 000 inhabitants, Fynlandsky Municipal District was formed in 1998 at the borders of Kalininskiy administrative distict of Saint-Petersburg.  

HAKKARI MUNICIPALITY

BC The first information about the name of the Hakkari region, which has been a settlement since 7000, can be found in X.yy Arab history and geography sources. The famous Arab historian Ibn Havsal; Hakkari in the region meaning Her-kariyan (strong, warrior, able) is

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Huddinge

Huddinge is the second largest municipality in the county, located in the South of Stockholm City. With over 106,000 residents, Huddinge is in a unique position in terms of its proximity to the heart of the capital and its access to extensive, easily accessible

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Izmit Municipality

Izmit Municipality undertakes all local services effectively, efficiently and in harmony within its boundaries with its 980 municipality personnel. As a centre City municipality, it has several functions and responsibilities in health, Technical Affairs, Cultural and

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Kadikoy Municipality

Kad?köy is a large, populous, and cosmopolitan district of Istanbul, Turkey on the northern shore of the Sea of Marmara, facing the historic city centre on the European side of the Bosporus. Kad?köy is also the name of the most prominent neighbourhood of the

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Kahramanmaras Metropolitan Municipality

Kahramanmara? Metropolitan Municipality (KMM) - The province of Kahramanmaras is located within the borders of the Mediterranean Region. The city is located on a plain at the foot of the Taurus Mountains and has one million inhabitants in 2018.

Karsiyaka

Kar??yaka is a district of ?zmir Province in Turkey. It is part of the Greater Metropolitan Area of ?zmir, the second largest after Konak in terms of population, and is almost entirely urbanised at a rate of 99.9 per cent, with corresponding high levels of development

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Keçiören Municipality

Keçiören is not only one of the largest municipal districts in Turkey, but it is also a leading municipality in terms of development, innovation and progress. Our goal is to offer the best quality and up-to-date services to our residents. Administratively, we are on

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Kharkiv City Council

From a Cossack settlement to a major industrial, cultural and scientific centre, the city of Kharkiv is the administrative center of the historical and geographical region of Ukraine, which is named "Slobozhanshchina". The area of modern Kharkiv exceeds 300 square

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KIRKLARELI MUNICIPALITY

Kirklareli enjoys a strategic position between the Balkans and Anatolia. The city is the shining star of Turkiye with its rich culture and history. Its motto is "the city of happy people". Kirklareli was founded in 1870 and named on 20 December 1924. If you follow

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Kirklees

We’re committed to growing a stronger local democracy in Kirklees, from the ground up. We’ve worked with citizens from local places across Kirklees to create a shared goal for active citizenship, called “Shaped by People: We make our places what they are”. This

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Lüleburgaz

The total population of Lüleburgaz is based on the exact population determination results of 2018 (147,325). This (115.000) is in the district center and (31.660) is in the towns and villages. This population (51%) is females (49%). The population growth rate is well

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Lviv City Council

Lviv is located in Western Ukraine, about 70 km from the EU border and 160 km from the eastern Carpathian Mountains. The population of Lviv is 750 000 people. The first mention of Lviv dates back to 1256. In Middle Age, the city became an important European trade

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Maltepe Municipality

« Maltepe Municipality » takes part in the European Local Democracy Week - a paneuropean event coordinated by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe - as « 12-Star City » Maltepe is located in the Eastern part of Istanbul with a

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Medgidia

Situated in the central area of Dobrogea Highland, in the county of Constanta, at a more or less equal distance between the Danube and the Black Sea, the city of Medgidia is fascinating not only because of its cultural diversity, but also on account of its historical

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Mioveni

Mioveni is a modern, well-organised and prosperous town located in Arges County, Romania. An ancient monastery dated from 1573 in a green forested area and a new modern cathedral located in the middle of the urban area of the town are its main symbols. Local

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Municipality of Çiftlikköy

Çiftlikköy is a district municipality of Yalova. Yalova is a city in Turkey with a 240,000 population.The distance between Çiftlikköy and Yalova is only 5kms. With its easy access to the city, Çiftlikköy is one of the most active and attractive districts of

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Municipality of Cigli

Located at the north of Izmir, Çigli is one of the biggest ditricts of Izmir with a 133,55 kilometer square area. Surrounded by Menemen from the north, the Gulf of Izmir from the south and the west and Karsiyaka from the east, Çigli is 27 kilometers from the Izmir

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Municipality of Corlu

Çorlu, which have a strategic location in transition from Anatolia to Balkans for centuries, have hosted major civilizations throughout history. Çorlu Municipality was established in 1877 and local goverment serving a population 262.862 Çorlu is well-known on

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Municipality of Kamëz

Kamza Municipality, as a new municipality, was mainly created after 1990, mainly as a result of people migration from other cities or towns of Albania, who decided to live in Kamza city. This city is located only 7 Km far from the Capital of Albania, Tirana, and now as

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Ramnicu Valcea

The municipality of Ramnicu Valcea (“Ramnic”), the capital town of Valcea County, Romania is located 176 km far from Bucharest, the capital of Romania. The municipality of Ramnicu Valcea spreads in the hilly area of the Meridional Carpathians, at an average

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Rize Municipality

From 1924 onwards, Rize has been a province of the Republic of Turkey. Rize province is a province of north-east Turkey,on the eastern Black Sea Region Rize which lies on the northern side of the Black Sea mountain ranges has uneven and mountainous terrain. It has got

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Södermöre, Kalmar municipality

Södermöre municipal district is a rural part of Kalmar municipality. Kalmar is a city in Småland in the south-east of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. How Citizens can get involved in decisions: - We have a "Citizens panel" where they get information from the

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Strasbourg City

Strasbourg, the European capital, is strategically located in the heart of the Upper Rhine. The City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg are part of the Eurodistrict and are active in many European and international networks.

TC Beykoz Belediye Baskanligi (TC Beykoz municipality)

Beykoz is one of the municipalities of Istanbul Metropolitan City and it was established in 1984. It is located on the Anatolian side of Istanbul and northern end of the Bosporus. It has coasts from Bosporus to the Black Sea. The name Beykoz is derived from “BEY”,

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Tekirda? Metropolitan Municipality

Tekirda? is a city being close to Istanbul,connecting Europe and Asia.Having the geographical advantage,Tekirda? has its’ economical and commercial advantages.It has three ports, an international railway network,and an international airline transport

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Valongo Municipality

The Municipality of Valongo was born 185 years ago, in 1836, and the history of this 75 square kilometer territory has been broad in its examples of growth and entrepreneurship. Since then, Valongo has been developing a set of very rich and diverse identity brands

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Zeytinburnu Municipality

Zeytinburnu Municipality which sets target as integrated to history, culture and economy of Istanbul; people are happy to live there, regenerative and renewed district is a municipality which prioritizes global values as politics, such as transparency, accountability,

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Zhytomyr city council

Zhytomyr is a city in the north of the western part of Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Zhytomyr province, and of the surrounding Zhytomyr district. Its population is 266,936. Zhytomyr is a major transportation hub. The city lies on a historic route

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Partner associations

Future Is Now

We are an aggregation, a group of young people between 16 and 30 years, students, entrepreneurs, start-uppers, artists who have decided to join to create a reality that represents young people. A movement of young people (passionate about art, culture, sport,

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Un Bout de Chemin

Created in 2009, the Association Un Bout de Chemin aims to raise public awareness of social issues and encourage them to get involved in community life at local level, but also at European level by inviting them to adopt an approach that opens up exchanges between

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Union of Central Anatolian Municipalities Statutes

Central Anatolia Municipalities Union is a public organisation. Republic of Turkey Central Anatolia Municipalities Union is established upon the document of Ministery of Interior Affairs with the date 15.01.1991 and number 15053 and the permission date 25.01.1991 and

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Union of Communities of Armenia

The Union of Communities of Armenia was established in 1997, uniting all 502 rural and urban self-governance bodies of Armenia. The main statutory goals of the Union are to promote the development of local self-governance, protect the interests of member communities,

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