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Venlo
Venlo, municipality and city in Limburg, Netherlands, on the Meuse at the German border; 104,195 residents, city rights 1343, Hanseatic town 1481, fortress until 1867, major inland logistics hub (Greenport).
Ventavon
Ventavon is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France, perched on a hilltop overlooking the Durance valley roughly midway between Gap and Sisteron.
Ventura, California
Ventura (San Buenaventura), California: coastal county seat of 109,000 founded around Mission San Buenaventura in 1782, incorporated 1866, known for its pier, surf point, harbor, and Channel Islands gateway.
Ver-lès-Chartres
Ver-lès-Chartres (INSEE 28403) is a rural commune in Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire, 7 km south of Chartres in the Eure valley; 776 inhabitants (2023), part of Chartres Métropole, with the Cistercian Abbaye de l'Eau founded 1226 and mayor Max Van der Stichele.
Veracruz (city)
Veracruz (city), Gulf of Mexico port in Veracruz state, Mexico; founded by Hernán Cortés April 22, 1519 as Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz, first town council of New Spain; walled colonial port, Four Times Heroic City (1825, 1838, 1847, 1914), about 600,000 inhabitants.
Verāval
Verāval is a port city and municipality on the Arabian Sea coast of Gujarat, India, the headquarters of Gir Somnath district and a major fisheries center.
Vercelli
Vercelli (Vercellae), Piedmont city on the Sesia river, capital of its province; ancient Roman municipium, Via Francigena stop, home of the Gothic Basilica of Sant'Andrea and the Vercelli Book, and European rice capital served by the Canale Cavour.
Vercoiran
Vercoiran: a small commune of the Drôme, France, in the Baronnies near Buis-les-Baronnies, on the Ouvèze; known for the Sainte-Luce oppidum, a Gallo-Roman nymph altar, and a perched medieval village.
Verdun
Verdun (Meuse, Grand Est), French commune 55545 and sub-prefecture on the Meuse river; 16,890 inhabitants in 2023; site of the 1916 Battle of Verdun, the longest battle of World War I, with the Douaumont Ossuary and underground citadel.
Vereeniging
Vereeniging: industrial city on the Vaal River in Gauteng, South Africa, in Emfuleni Municipality, Sedibeng District. Founded 1882 on coal; site of the 1902 Treaty of Vereeniging peace talks ending the Second Boer War.
Verkhoyansk
Verkhoyansk (Верхоянск), a small town on the Yana River in Yakutia, Russia, about 115 km north of the Arctic Circle; a Pole of Cold with a −67.7°C record low (1892) and the WMO-verified Arctic record high of 38°C (20 June 2020).
Verneuil-en-Halatte
Verneuil-en-Halatte, Oise commune (INSEE 60670) between Senlis and Creil; 4,775 inhabitants in 2023; known for the Henri IV château ruins, the Bufosse Gallo-Roman villa, and the Alata technology park.
Vernon, British Columbia
Vernon, British Columbia: Okanagan Valley city between Okanagan and Kalamalka lakes, first incorporated in the valley (1892), named for Forbes George Vernon; 44,519 city residents (2021), economic anchor of the North Okanagan.
Vernon, California
Vernon, California: a 5.2-square-mile exclusively industrial city southeast of Downtown Los Angeles, incorporated 1905, with 112 residents, over 1,800 businesses, and a documented governance-reform and fiscal-history record.
Vero Beach, Florida
Vero Beach is a city on Florida's Atlantic coast and the county seat of Indian River County, with 16,354 residents at the 2020 Census and a longtime Dodgers spring training history.
Verona
Verona, a city in Italy's Veneto region on the Adige River, became a Roman municipium in the 1st century BCE and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000 (criteria ii, iv) for its 2,000-year fortified urban fabric, Roman Arena, Scaliger walls, and Sanmicheli bastions.
Versailles, Yvelines
Versailles (Yvelines), prefecture of the Yvelines department near Paris, royal seat from 1682, home of the Palace of Versailles; about 84,000 inhabitants, high incomes, costly housing, five rail stations, line 18 due 2030.
Viborg, Denmark
Viborg, Denmark: city and municipality in central Jutland, seat of Viborg Kommune (97,892 residents, 1,409 km2) in the Central Denmark Region. Historic Landsting town, granite cathedral, mayor Katrine Fusager Rohde.
Vicenza
Vicenza, Veneto city in northern Italy famed as la città di Palladio; UNESCO World Heritage site since 1994 with 23 Palladian buildings and 24 villas; 110,797 residents in 2025.
Vichy
Vichy, France: spa town in Allier on the River Allier, nicknamed reine des villes d'eaux, UNESCO-listed 2021 among the Great Spa Towns of Europe, and seat of the collaborationist Vichy regime 1940-1944; population 25,115.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Vicksburg, Mississippi: Warren County river city on Mississippi River bluffs, founded 1811, incorporated 1825. Site of the 47-day 1863 siege; lost its river in 1876, regained it via the 1903 Yazoo diversion canal; Corps district headquarters; 2020 population 21,573.
Victor Harbor, South Australia
Victor Harbor, South Australia: coastal city on the Fleurieu Peninsula 80 km south of Adelaide, largest Fleurieu population centre (16,139 in 2021), known for Granite Island's horse-drawn tram, whaling-era history, southern right whales, and Australia's first public railway.
Victoria de Durango
Victoria de Durango, commonly called Durango, is the capital of the Mexican state of Durango, founded 8 July 1563 by Francisco de Ibarra in the Guadiana Valley; named for Guadalupe Victoria, first president of Mexico; population 616,068 (2020).
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia: provincial capital on southern Vancouver Island, founded as HBC's Fort Victoria in 1843 on Lekwungen territory, incorporated 1862. City population about 94,890; December 2024 benchmark detached home price $1,151,200.
Victoria, Malta
Victoria (Ir-Rabat) is the only city of Gozo, Malta, at the island's geographical center. Renamed from Rabat on 10 June 1887 for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, it comprises the Citadel and the suburb of Rabat, still its common local name.
Victoria, Texas
Victoria, Texas, county seat of Victoria County, founded 1824 by Mexican empresario Martín De León as Guadalupe Victoria, the only predominantly Mexican colony in Texas; now a regional hub of about 66,500 at the crossroads of U.S. Highways 59, 77, and 87.
Victorville, California
Victorville, California: Mojave Desert city in San Bernardino County's Victor Valley on the Los Angeles–Las Vegas corridor. Founded as Victor in 1885, incorporated 1962; 2020 census population 134,810; home to Southern California Logistics Airport and Route 66 heritage.
Vidisha (विदिशा)
Vidisha (विदिशा), also Bhilsa, is a city and district headquarters in Madhya Pradesh on the Betwa River, near ancient Besnagar, capital of Dasharna, with the Heliodorus pillar, Gupta-era Udayagiri caves, and nearby Sanchi.
Vidor, Texas
Vidor, Texas: a city in western Orange County near Beaumont, incorporated 1960, named for lumberman Charles Shelton Vidor. Known for its Miller-Vidor lumber origins, 1993 KKK protests over housing desegregation, and sundown-town reputation; 2020 population 9,789.
Vienna
Vienna (Wien), Austria's capital and largest city, fifth largest in the EU with 2,028,289 residents (2025) over 414.9 km² in 23 districts; 36.4% foreign nationals, 31% of national R&D spending, 20 million tourist overnight stays in 2025.