Snowbelle City

Snowbelle City (Japanese: エイセツシティ Eisetsu City) is a city located in the Kalos region.
==Slogan==
The city of everlasting winter. (Japanese: The city that freezes colder than winter.)
==Places of interest==
===Snowbelle Gym===
The Snowbelle Gym is the official Gym of Snowbelle City, whose Gym Leader is Wulfric and specializes in Pokémon.
===Move Tutor===
In the house southwest of the Gym, a Move Tutor will teach first partner Pokémon , , and .
Another Move Tutor is located in a house behind the Pokémon Center, just left of the . The on the first floor will teach to or to .
===Photo Spot===
A Photo Spot is located at the southern end of the city. The player can get their picture taken by Phil the Photo Guy by the Snowbelle Gym.
===Boutique===
====Male clothing====
====Female clothing====
==Demographics==
===Pokémon X and Y===
The population of Snowbelle City is 39, making it a medium-sized city.
==Poké Mart==
==Items==
==Pokémon==
A woman in the northwestern-most house will offer her , nicknamed Pierce, in trade for a . Pierce has a perfect Attack IV.
==Music==
Games	Situation	Song name (Japanese)	Song name (English)	Composition 	Arrangement
 	Overworld	エイセツシティ 	Snowbelle City 	Shota Kageyama	Shota Kageyama
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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Snowbelle City was first shown in All Eyes on the Future! on 's Town Map.
Snowbelle City first officially appeared in A Full-Strength Battle Surprise!, as and saw it in the distance, as they walked towards it. In the next episode, they entered the city and went straight to the Snowbelle Gym, where Ash challenged Wulfric to a Gym battle. However, due to his thoughts focusing on besting Sawyer, who had already beaten Wulfric, Ash lost the battle. After a day of recollecting himself in the , Ash returned to the Gym in A Real Icebreaker! for a rematch. This time, Ash was able to defeat Wulfric, earning him his final Kalos League Badge.
===Pokémon Evolutions===
Snowbelle City made a brief appearance in a flashback in The Visionary.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Snowbelle City was briefly seen in Yveltal Steals, where and were seen flying over it with their on their way to the Pokémon Village.
==Trivia==
* A female (likely representing composer Hitomi Satō) in a house north of the Pokémon Center will play a remastered version of Jubilife City from 's soundtrack, saying that she composed it in "a cold region far away".
* Several people around the city mention having known Lysandre, suggesting that he may have lived here in the past.
* A male northwest of the Pokémon Center talks about a child of his who's about the same age as the and set off on a from Vaniville Town recently. Since he also always uses gender pronouns opposite to the player's gender when referring to his child, it is very likely that this man is /'s father. This is further supported by Professor Sycamore mentioning that the rival's father is a Veteran when first meeting him in Lumiose City.
===Origin===
Snowbelle City's real-life counterpart is likely , the capital of and the department. The nearby , on the Swiss border, are known for cross-country skiing and freezing temperatures in winter, particularly in the town of . The region is sometimes called "Little Siberia" by the French.
====Name origin====
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	エイセツシティ Eisetsu City 	From 映雪 eisetsu (light reflected off snow; name of a fine incense)
English 	Snowbelle City 	From snowbell (one of the common names for ), snow, and belle
German 	Fractalia City 	From Fraktal (, possibly a reference to the )
Spanish 	Ciudad Fractal 	From fractal
French 	Auffrac-les-Congères 	From auf- (German prefix akin to the English up-), fractale (fractal) or art fractal (), and congère ()
Italian 	Fractalopoli 	From fractal and the suffix -poli (city)
Korean 	이설시티 Iseol City 	Contains 설 (雪) seol (snow)
Chinese () 	映雪市 Yìngxuě Shì 	From 映雪 yìngxuě (light reflected off snow)
Chinese () 	映雪市 Yíngsyut Síh 	From 映雪 yíngsyut (light reflected off snow)
Polish 	Snowbelle 	From its English name
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade de SnowbelleCidade de City Gym	From its English nameLiterally City Gym City
Russian 	Сноубелл-Сити Snoubell-Citi 	Transcription of English name
Vietnamese 	Thành phố Eisetsu 	Transcription of its Vietnamese name
==Related articles==
Category:Kalos locations
Category:X and Y locations
Category:Cities
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