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Vientiane (ວຽງຈັນ)
Vientiane (ວຽງຈັນ, Viangchan) is the capital and largest city of Laos, on the Mekong River bordering Thailand. Made Lan Xang's capital by Setthathirath in 1560, it is Laos's economic center with rapidly expanding, dispersed urban growth.
Vierzon
Vierzon, commune and arrondissement seat in the Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France, on the Yèvre and Cher rivers; industrial town famed for Société Française agricultural machinery and a major railway junction.
Việt Trì
Việt Trì, city at the Red-Lô-Đà river confluence in Phú Thọ, Vietnam, 80 km northwest of Hanoi; former provincial capital, abolished as a district-level unit on 1 July 2025, now 5 wards and commune of Phú Thọ.
Vigan
Vigan, a city in Ilocos Sur, Philippines, at the Abra River delta; UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999 (criteria ii, iv), the best-preserved planned Spanish colonial town in Asia, with its Mestizo district of 233 historic buildings.
Vigo
Vigo is the largest city in Galicia, Spain, on the Ría de Vigo in the Rías Baixas, with about 294,000 inhabitants, Europe's leading fresh-fish port, a major PSA plant, and the nearby Cíes Islands.
Vijayanagara (विजयनगर)
Vijayanagara (विजयनगर), "City of Victory": capital of the Vijayanagara Empire founded 1336 by Harihara and Bukka Raya at Hampi, Karnataka; destroyed after the 1565 Battle of Talikota; ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986.
Vijayawada (విజయవాడ)
Vijayawada (విజయవాడ), historically Bezawada, is a city on the Krishna River in Andhra Pradesh, India, at the apex of the Krishna delta; municipal corporation since 1981, population 10,39,518 (2011).
Vila do Conde
Vila do Conde is a coastal municipality in Portugal's Porto district at the mouth of the River Ave, with 80,831 residents (2021), 25 parishes, the 1318 Convent of Santa Clara, a shipbuilding heritage, and a 24 June São João festival.
Vila Nova de Famalicão
Vila Nova de Famalicão, a municipality in Portugal's Braga district in the Minho region, had 133,574 residents in 2021 on 201.59 km², received its foral from D. Sancho I in 1205, and is known as Portugal's Textile City.
Vila Nova de Gaia
Vila Nova de Gaia (Gaia): Portuguese municipality and city on the south bank of the Douro opposite Porto, in the Porto Metropolitan Area; 311,223 residents (2023), 168.46 km², 15 parishes, municipality founded 1834, city since 1984, famous for port wine cellars.
Viļānu Novads
Viļānu Novads (Viļāni Municipality) was a Latvian municipality in central Latgale, 2009–2021, comprising Viļāni town and Viļānu, Dekšāres, and Sokolku parishes, 286.8 km², about 5,400 residents, merged into Rēzeknes novads in 2021.
Villa Nueva, Guatemala
Villa Nueva, Guatemala: city and municipality in the Guatemala Department, founded 17 April 1763, south of Guatemala City; 114 km², 2018 census 433,734, industrialized since the 1950s.
Villahermosa, Tabasco
Villahermosa, capital of Tabasco state, Mexico, seat of Centro municipality on the Grijalva River; formerly San Juan Bautista until the 1916 renaming; metro area of 833,907 people (2020) with Centro and Nacajuca.
Villard-Notre-Dame
Villard-Notre-Dame, also historically Villard-Eymont, is a commune of Isère in the Oisans, perched above 1,500 m over Bourg-d'Oisans, with about 29 inhabitants, a medieval church, and the La Gardette gold and Le Pontet lead-silver mines.
Villarreal
Villarreal (Vila-real) is a city in Castellón province, Valencian Community, Spain, founded by James I in 1274. Known for its ceramic tile industry, citrus history, Villarreal CF, and the Estadio de la Cerámica; 53,623 inhabitants (2025).
Villavicencio
Villavicencio (Villavo), capital of Meta department, Colombia, gateway to the Llanos Orientales; founded 1840, piedemonte city of about 600,000 people, 86 km from Bogotá, center of llanera culture.
Ville-Marie, Quebec
Ville-Marie, Quebec: the 1642 missionary settlement founded by Maisonneuve and Jeanne Mance that became Montreal; today also Montreal's central borough (84,013 residents) and a town on Lake Témiscamingue named by the Oblates in 1863.
Villebois
Villebois is a commune in the Ain department of eastern France, east of Lyon, known for its fine white building limestone quarried from Roman times until 1970.
Villefranche-sur-Mer
Villefranche-sur-Mer (INSEE 06159) is a French Riviera commune in the Alpes-Maritimes near Nice, founded in 1295 by Charles II of Anjou, with a deep Mediterranean rade, the 1557 Citadelle Saint-Elme, and the Cocteau-decorated Chapelle Saint-Pierre; population 5,008 (2023).
Villers-sous-Ailly
Villers-sous-Ailly, a commune in the Somme (Hauts-de-France), France, INSEE code 80804; 167 inhabitants (2023); canton of Rue, arrondissement of Abbeville; known for a geometric Gallo-Roman villa found by aerial archaeology.
Villeurbanne
Villeurbanne, commune (INSEE 69266) in the Rhône, Métropole de Lyon, France; 163,684 inhabitants in 2023 on 14.5 km². Former Dauphiné town turned industrial suburb, known for the 1930s Gratte-Ciel district, the TNP theater, and ASVEL basketball.
Vilnius
Vilnius (Vilna, Wilno), capital of Lithuania at the Neris-Vilnia confluence; Grand Duchy capital from 1323, UNESCO-listed Old Town (1994), largest Baltic city since 2024 with GDP per capita above the EU average.
Viña del Mar
Viña del Mar, Chile's "Garden City" (La Ciudad Jardín), a coastal resort commune in the Valparaíso Region founded 29 December 1874 by José Francisco Vergara; population 334,871 (2024 census), home of the International Song Festival.
Vindobona
Vindobona, also spelled Vindabona, was a Roman legionary fortress and civilian settlement on the Danube on the site of modern Vienna, Austria, where Emperor Marcus Aurelius died in 180.
Vineland, New Jersey
Vineland, New Jersey: a city in Cumberland County founded in 1861 by Charles K. Landis as a planned agricultural community; largest NJ city by land area, population 60,780 (2020).
Vinnytsia (Вінниця)
Vinnytsia (Вінниця) is a city on the Southern Bug River in west-central Ukraine, administrative center of Vinnytsia oblast since 1932, founded 1363, population about 369,000, repeatedly ranked Ukraine's most comfortable city.
Virār
Virar (विरार), city in Vasai taluka, Palghar district, Maharashtra, part of Vasai-Virar under VVCMC; Western Railway suburban terminus, Jivdani Temple, Arnala Fort, MMRDA water scheme, 95 stalled FSI redevelopment projects.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Virginia Beach is an independent city in southeastern Virginia where the Chesapeake Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean. With about 454,000 residents, it is the largest city in Virginia.
Virginia City, Nevada
Virginia City, Nevada, a Storey County boom town born of the 1859 Comstock Lode silver strike, grew to 25,000 people by 1874, declined by the 1880s, and is now a National Historic Landmark mining town.
Vis (town)
Vis (town) is a town and port on the northern coast of Dalmatia, founded in the 4th century BC on the site of Issa, an important Greek colony.