List of company towns

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[edit]

Belgium[edit]

Louvain-la-Neuve, home of the Université Catholique de Louvain

Czech Republic[edit]

Zlín, original headquarters of Bata Shoes company
Zruč nad Sázavou, Central Bohemia region (Bata came in 1939)
Sezimovo Ústí

Denmark[edit]

Billund, home of LEGO's International Headquarters.
Bjerringbro, home of Grundfos' International headquarters.
Nordborg, home of Danfoss' International headquarters.
Struer, home of Bang & Olufsen' International headquarters.

France[edit]

Cité ouvrière at Mulhouse^[1]
Noisiel (Seine-et-Marne), home of the chocolate factory owned by the Menier Family
Sochaux-Montbéliard (Doubs), home of Peugeot
Villeneuvette (Hérault), mill town owned by Jules Maistre
Le Creusot (Saône-et-Loire), forge town developed by Eugène and Adolphe Schneider.
Hayange and Jœuf, blast furnaces towns, fiefdoms of De Wendel family.
Thumeries (Nord), home of the sugar factory previously owned by the Béghin Family

Germany[edit]

Leverkusen, home of the Bayer AG
Wolfsburg, built to house Volkswagen workers
Sindelfingen, home of Mercedes-Benz's largest production plant, the Mercedes-Benz Museum, Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studio, and its Customer Center. Sindelfingen is a suburb of Stuttgart, headquarters of Mercedes-Benz.

Former GDR[edit]

Hungary[edit]

Ireland[edit]

Rochfortbridge (County Westmeath), built by public company OPW in the 1840s as part of famine relief on the site of an original village and rebuilt 110 years later by Bord na Móna during the 1950s for its employees, the more modern phase being designed by architect Frank Gibney.

Italy[edit]

San Donato Milanese, home of the ENI. Built by Enrico Mattei for company's workers, the town is centered on a neighborhood called "Metanopoli" (Methanopolis).
Rosignano Solvay. Built by Solvay for company's workers of the factory located in the neighbourhood of the city.
Colleferro. Built in the 1912 by Bombrini-Parodi-Delfino for company's workers of the factory located in the neighbourhood of the city.

Moldova[edit]

Dnestrovsc, developed by Moldavskaya GRES

Netherlands[edit]

Batadorp, Best municipality, developed by Bata Shoes
Heveadorp, Renkum municipality, developed by rubber manufacturing company Hevea
Philipsdorp, Eindhoven municipality, developed by Philips. Philips employed about 40.000 people in Eindhoven in the mid sixties.
Radio Kootwijk, Apeldoorn municipality, developed by Dutch P.T.T.

Norway[edit]

Barentsburg, mining town run by Arktikugol
Grumant, ghost mining town run by Arktikugol
Longyearbyen, former mining company town run by Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani
Ny-Ålesund, former mining, now research town run by Kings Bay
Pyramiden, ghost mining town run by Arktikugol
Sveagruva, mining town run by Store Norske
Rjukan, former Norsk Hydro company town

Poland[edit]

Nowa Huta in Kraków
Giszowiec and Nikiszowiec in Katowice
Stalowa Wola and Nowa Dęba in the Central Industrial Region (Poland)
Kawęczyn (historically, until 1944), now part of Warsaw^[2]

Ukraine[edit]

Russia[edit]

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

Iron and Steel industry:

Magnitogorsk

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

Iron mining:

Non-metal mineral extraction and processing:

Oil and gas:

Petrochemical industry:

Textile industry

Ivanovo - the "city of brides"

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[edit]

Partizánske (formerly Baťovany), founded by Jan Antonín Baťa of the Bata Shoes company (partly out of an existing local municipality and its cadastre)
Svit, founded by Jan Antonín Baťa of the Bata Shoes company

United Kingdom[edit]

North America[edit]

Canada[edit]

See List of company towns in Canada

Dominican Republic[edit]

La Romana, primarily owned by the Central Romana Corporation (part of the Fanjul sugar and real estate empire).

Mexico[edit]

Ciudad Pemex, Tabasco built around a PEMEX plant.

United States[edit]

See List of company towns in the United States

Asia[edit]

India[edit]

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

Kumarapatnam, Karnataka, developed by Grasim Industries, Aditya Birla Group. A small town developed solely due to two large scale units of Grasim Industries (textiles).
Nagda, Madhya Pradesh, developed by Grasim Industries, Aditya Birla Group. The town economy is mostly dependent on the 4 large scale units of Grasim Industries (textiles).
Kansbahal, Orissa, developed by Larsen & Toubro Ltd. with the residential colonies, schools, hospital etc. all being established and maintained by L&T's heavy engineering works.
Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, developed by Tata Group.
Kailasapuram, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu developed by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited. with the residential colonies, schools, hospital, Stadium, open air theaters etc. all being established and maintained by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited.

Indonesia[edit]

Tembagapura, Papua developed by PT Freeport Indonesia (subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan)

Japan[edit]

Hokkaido

Muroran, Hokkaido Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation Muroran
Tomakomai, Hokkaido - Oji Paper Company Tomakomai
Asahikawa, Hokkaido - Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. Asahikawa

Tohoku district

Nikaho, Akita - TDK
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima - Fujitsu Tohoku

Kanto district

Hitachi, Ibaraki and Hitachinaka, Ibaraki - Hitachi
Kashima, Ibaraki - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal
Yaita, Tochigi - Sharp Corporation
Ota, Gunma - Fuji Heavy Industries Gunma
Oizumi, Gunma - SanyoTokyo
Noda, Chiba - Kikkoman
Urayasu, Chiba - The Oriental Land Company, Tokyo Disney Resort
Kimitsu, Chiba - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Kimitsu
Kita, Tokyo - Oji Paper Company A foundation place and a research institute exist.
Fuchu, Tokyo - Toshiba Fuchu
Minamiashigara, Kanagawa and Kaisei, Kanagawa - Fujifilm
Hino, Tokyo - Hino Motors

Chubu district

Kurobe, Toyama - YKK
Komatsu, Ishikawa - Komatsu Limited
Suwa, Nagano - Epson
Iwata, Shizuoka - Yamaha
Toyota City, Japan - Toyota
Kariya, Aichi - Toyota Industries, Denso, Aisin Seiki Co., Toyota Auto Body, Co. Ltd., and Toyota Boshoku
Tahara, Aichi - Toyota Tahara
Tokoname, Aichi - INAX
Suzuka, Mie - Honda

Kinki district

Ikeda, Osaka - Daihatsu
Moriguchi, Osaka and Daitō, Osaka - Sanyo
Kadoma, Osaka - Panasonic
Aioi, Hyōgo - IHI, Harima
Ayabe, Kyoto - Gunze Limited

Chugoku district

Hiezu, Tottori - Oji Paper Company Yonago
Tamano, Okayama - Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding
Fukuyama, Hiroshima - JFE Steel Corporation
Fuchu, Hiroshima、Bofu, Yamaguchi - Mazda
Ube, Yamaguchi - Ube Industries
Iwakuni, Yamaguchi - Mitsui Chemicals
Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi - Taiheiyo Cement

Shikoku district

Naruto, Tokushima - Otsuka Pharmaceutical
Anan, Tokushima - Nichia
Shikokuchūō, Ehime - Daio Paper Corporation - Ehime Paper Mfg. Co..
Niihama, Ehime - Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

Kyushu district

KitaKyushu, Fukuoka (Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyūshū)^[3] - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation and Toto
Omuta, Fukuoka - Mitsui
Kurume, Fukuoka - Bridgestone
Kanda, Fukuoka - Nissan Motor Company・Nissan Shatai Kyushu、Toyota Kyushu
Tosu, Saga - Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical
Nagasaki, Nagasaki - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries、Mitsubishi Electric
Sasebo, Nagasaki - Sasebo Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
Yatsushiro, Kumamoto - Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. Yashiro
Minamata, Kumamoto - Chisso
Nagasu, Kumamoto - Japan Marine United Corporation
Nakatsu, Oita - Daihatsu Kyushu
Nobeoka, Miyazaki - Asahi Kasei
Nichinan, Miyazaki - Oji Paper Company Nichinan

Malaysia[edit]

Proton City, Tanjung Malim, Perak developed by Proton Holding Berhad

Pakistan[edit]

Batapur, a residence area for labour workers in the Bata shoe factory.
Steel Town, a residential area for employees of Pakistan Steel Mills.

Vietnam[edit]

VinCity by Vincom Group.

Australia[edit]

Cabramurra, New South Wales, built as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme
Jabiru, Northern Territory, built for the Ranger Uranium Mine
Leinster, Western Australia, BHP mining town, closed community
Moomba, South Australia, built for gas processing
Mount Beauty, Victoria and Bogong Village, established by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria to house construction workers from the Kiewa Hydroelectric Scheme
Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, built for workers at the Alcan Gove Alumina Refinery and mining operation, operated by Rio Tinto
Roxby Downs, South Australia, built for Olympic Dam mine
Useless Loop, Western Australia, Shark Bay Resources, Solar Salt Operations
Yallourn, Victoria, now demolished, built by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria for workers at the Yallourn Power Station

Middle East[edit]

Ahmadi, home of Kuwait Oil Company
Awali, home of the Bahrain Petroleum Company

Iran[edit]

Naft shahr, a city established for oil well drilling.
Mahshahr, a petroleum exporting port.
Salafchegan, an industrial city
Alborz Industrial City ^[4]

References[edit]

^ Curl, James Stevens (2006). A dictionary of architecture and landscape architecture (2. ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198606788. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
^ Encyklopedia Warszawy. Warsaw: Polish Scientific Publishers PWN, 1994, p. 328–329. ISBN 83-01-08836-2.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2012-03-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "History of Alborz Industrial City".

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[curl-1] Curl, James Stevens (2006). A dictionary of architecture and landscape architecture (2. ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198606788. Retrieved 28 October 2014.

[ew-2] Encyklopedia Warszawy. Warsaw: Polish Scientific Publishers PWN, 1994, p. 328–329. ISBN 83-01-08836-2.

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2012-03-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "History of Alborz Industrial City".

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