Santalune City

Santalune City (Japanese: ハクダンシティ Hakudan City) is a city located in the central part of the Kalos region. It is the hometown of the first Gym Leader, Viola. is to the south, is to the north, and is to the east.
The stone-walled city features brick pathways interwoven between European-style homes and buildings. Many gardens and buildings in the city are decorated with colorful flowers, and the central plaza features a large, -shaped stone fountain.
==Slogan==
A traditional city. (Japanese: A traditional city.)
==Places of interest==
===Santalune Gym===
The Santalune Gym is the official Gym of Santalune City, whose Gym Leader is Viola and specializes in Pokémon.
===Trainers' School===
The Trainers' School is located west of the Gym. Inside, there are four children and an old man. The old man gives the three X Attacks and three X Defenses. On the marker board in the back of the school is a list of status ailments with descriptions.
===Boutique===
====Male clothing====
====Female clothing====
==Demographics==
===Pokémon X and Y===
The population of Santalune City is 36, making it one of the smaller cities in Kalos.
==Poké Mart==
==Items==
==Pokémon==
A in the house south of the exit to will offer his Quacklin' in trade for a . Quacklin' has a perfect Speed .
==Trainers==
==Music==
Games	Situation	Song name (Japanese)	Song name (English)	Composition 	Arrangement
 	Overworld	ハクダンシティ 	Santalune City 	Shota Kageyama	Shota Kageyama
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
========
Santalune City was first mentioned by Alexa in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!, who revealed that her sister's Gym is located in Santalune. However it was only after failing to qualify at the Lumiose Gym, and at 's suggestion that Ash set his sights on Santalune City in A Battle of Aerial Mobility!
Santalune City made its proper debut in A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!, when arrived there to challenge the Santalune Gym with and , he also reunited with Alexa and . Ash, however, lost the match and began training. He returned after a full day of training for his rematch in Battling on Thin Ice!. This time, Ash managed to defeat Viola and earned himself his first Kalos Gym Badge, the . Ash and his friends left Santalune City in Giving Chase at the Rhyhorn Race!.
In the , Santalune is 's hometown.
====Gallery====
	
	
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
========
Santalune City first appeared in Kangaskhan...Kangascan't, where and his friends arrived there. After having almost gotten caught by Team Flare in Aquacorde Town, presented the group with five rules to protect themselves, but she was interrupted by before she could say the fifth rule. Viola then showed up, introducing herself as the city's Gym Leader, and offered to help the group with their search for answers, as she was in Vaniville Town at the time of when Xerneas and clashed there. While the rest of the group accepted the offer, Shauna, disgusted by her friends violating the rules Y had just presented for them, went off on her own. The others followed Viola to the Santalune Gym, where X agreed to a quick battle against her while and helped Y decipher some clues from the photos Viola took at Vaniville. Y then left to look for Shauna, and returned with her just as X won his battle against Viola.
During the following night, Shauna sneaked into the room where Kanga and Li'l Kanga were sleeping, and took out Kanga's Mega Stone from her pouch. However, her actions were noticed by Y and Viola, who quarreled with her for a moment, until she suddenly pulled out a and tried to strike Y with it, but Viola took the hit to protect her. The culprit behind Shauna's odd behavior was soon revealed to be Celosia, who had put Shauna under mind control to steal the Mega Stone. X started pursuing Celosia, proclaiming that he'd fight against her even without Mega Evolution. He was then joined up by Shalour City Gym Leader Korrina, who used her Mega to help X. After the Mega Stone was recovered, X was able to Mega Evolve Li'l Kanga, who helped Korrina's Lucario to defeat Celosia's , forcing the Team Flare Scientist to retreat. Afterwards, Shauna apologized the others for wandering off. Although Korrina was kind enough to give Tierno a pair of Roller Skates, she refused to teach X about Mega Evolution, as he hadn't gone through the appropriate ritual to become a Mega Evolution Successor, and thus, in her eyes, was unworthy to use it. Having made her opinions clear, Korrina then proceeded to storm off.
==Trivia==
* Santalune City shares several similarities with Viridian City; both cities contain the first Gym the player will encounter on their journey, and both cities connect to three similar routes: Route 22, leading to the badge checkpoints for the Pokémon League; a route leading to the town or city where the player can choose a Kanto first partner Pokémon; and a route which leads to a forest named after the city. Incidentally, the internal layouts of both forests are very similar to one another.
===Origin===
Santalune City is based on the city of , home of the nearby .
====Name origin====
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ハクダンシティ Hakudan City 	From 白檀 byakudan (), which produces aromatic wood used in fragrances and serves as food for several species of moths and butterflies, referencing the Gym's specialization in types
English 	Santalune City 	From (sandalwood genus) or santal (French for sandalwood)
German 	Nouvaria City 	From
Spanish 	Ciudad Novarte 	From Art Nouveau
French 	Neuvartault 	From Art Nouveau
Italian 	Novartopoli 	From Art Nouveau
Korean 	백단시티 Baekdan City 	From 백단 (白檀) baekdan (sandalwood)
Chinese () 	白檀市 Báitán Shì 	From 白檀 báitán / baahktàahn (sandalwood)
Chinese () 	白檀市 Baahktàahn Síh 	From 白檀 báitán / baahktàahn (sandalwood)
Hebrew 	העיר סאנטאלון Ha'Eer Santaloon	From its English name
Polish 	Santalune 	From its English name
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade de Santalune 	From its English name
Russian 	Санталун Сити Santalun Siti 	Transcription of its English name
Vietnamese 	Thành phố Hakudan 	Transcription of its Japanese name
==Related articles==
Category:Kalos locations
Category:X and Y locations
Category:Cities
de:Nouvaria City
es:Ciudad Novarte
fr:Neuvartault
it:Novartopoli
ja:ハクダンシティ
zh:白檀市