Santalune City

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Santalune City ハクダンシティ Hakudan City "A traditional city."

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Map description Many beginning Trainers gather in this friendly city to start a Pokémon journey.

Santalune City Gym - Kalos Gym #1 Viola Bug-type specialist Gym Bug Badge

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Connecting locations   ↑ Route 4   Santalune City Route 22 →   Route 3 ↓

Location Location of Santalune City in Kalos.

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. Route 3 is to the south, Route 4 is to the north, and Route 22 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, Roselia-shaped stone fountain.

Slogan

A traditional city. (Japanese: 古式ゆかしい　街 A traditional city.)

Places of interest

Santalune Gym

Main article: Santalune Gym

The Santalune Gym is the official Gym of Santalune City, whose Gym Leader is Viola and specializes in Bug-type 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 player 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

Clothing	Item	Color	Tag	Price	Availability
					Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Logo Cap	Black	Basic	$800	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Logo Cap	Red	Colorful	$800	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Outdoors Cap	Black	Basic	$3,100	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Outdoors Cap	Beige	Basic	$3,100	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Knit Cap	Black	Basic	$3,100	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Knit Cap	Orange	Colorful	$800	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Camo Cap	Olive	Colorful	$800	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Camo Cap	Aqua	Colorful	$800	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Button Accessory	Gray	N/A	$500	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Button Accessory	Pink	N/A	$500	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Button Accessory	Purple	N/A	$500	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Button Accessory	Lime green	N/A	$500	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Feather Accessory	Red	N/A	$1,400	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Feather Accessory	Green	N/A	$1,400	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
A colored background means that the item can be found in this boutique on the specified day. A white background with black text means that the item cannot be found in this boutique on this day.

Female clothing

Clothing	Item	Color	Tag	Price	Availability
					Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Felt Hat	Navy blue	Basic	$800	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Felt Hat	Brown	Basic	$2,400	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Felt Hat	Pale pink	Feminine	$800	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Felt Hat	Aqua	Feminine	$800	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Logo Cap	Pink	Sporty	$1,600	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Logo Cap	Black	Sporty	$1,600	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Cycling Cap	White	Basic	$800	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Cycling Cap	Beige	Basic	$3,100	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Fedora	Red	Classic	$800	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Fedora	Yellow	Basic	$2,100	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Fedora	Green	Basic	$2,600	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Button Accessory	Gray	N/A	$500	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Button Accessory	Pink	N/A	$500	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Button Accessory	Purple	N/A	$500	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Button Accessory	Yellow	N/A	$500	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Button Accessory	Lime green	N/A	$500	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Artificial Flower Pin	Pink	N/A	$500	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Artificial Flower Pin	Yellow	N/A	$500	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
A colored background means that the item can be found in this boutique on the specified day. A white background with black text means that the item cannot be found in this boutique on this day.

Demographics

Pokémon X and Y

The population of Santalune City is 36, making it one of the smaller cities in Kalos.

Poké Mart

Left cashier
Poké Ball $200	Great Ball1 Badge $600
Ultra Ball3 Badges $1,200	Potion $300
Super Potion1 Badge $700	Hyper Potion2 Badges $1,200
Max Potion4 Badges $2,500	Full Restore5 Badges $3,000
Revive2 Badges $1,500	Antidote1 Badge $100
Paralyze Heal1 Badge $200	Awakening1 Badge $250
Burn Heal1 Badge $250	Ice Heal1 Badge $250
Full Heal3 Badges $600	Escape Rope1 Badge $550
Repel1 Badge $350	Super Repel2 Badges $500
Max Repel3 Badges $700

Right cashier
X Speed $350	X Attack $500
X Defense $550	Guard Spec. $700
Dire Hit $650	X Accuracy $950
X Sp. Atk $350	X Sp. Def $350

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Great Ball ×2	Gift from a boy in the house northeast of the Pokémon Center On the ground in the southeastern corner of the hill in the west of the city (hidden)	X  Y
	Antidote	On the lamppost on the hill in the west of the city (hidden)	X  Y
	Super Potion	In the flower box on the south side of the café on the hill in the west, in the second space from the left (hidden)	X  Y
	X Attack ×3	Gift from a Monsieur in the Trainers' School	X  Y
	X Defense ×3	Gift from a Monsieur in the Trainers' School	X  Y
	Roller Skates	From Roller Skater Rinka after defeating her in front of the Gym	X  Y
	Exp. Share	From Alexa at the entrance to Route 4, after defeating Viola	X  Y

Pokémon

A Hiker in the house south of the exit to Route 4 will offer his Farfetch'd Quacklin' in trade for a Bunnelby. Quacklin' has a perfect Speed IV.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Special Pokémon
Farfetch'd	X			Y			Trade Bunnelby	10	One
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Trainers

Trainer	Pokémon
Roller Skater Rinka リンコ Rinko Reward: $224	Zigzagoon♀ Lv.7 No item

In the anime

Santalune City in the anime

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 Clemont'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 Ash arrived there to challenge the Santalune Gym with Clemont and Bonnie, he also reunited with Alexa and Serena. 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 Bug Badge. Ash and his friends left Santalune City in Giving Chase at the Rhyhorn Race!.

In the anime, Santalune is Tierno's hometown.

Gallery

Pokémon Center	Santalune Gym

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Santalune City in Pokémon Adventures

X & Y arc

Santalune City first appeared in Kangaskhan...Kangascan't, where X and his friends arrived there. After having almost gotten caught by Team Flare in Aquacorde Town, Y presented the group with five rules to protect themselves, but she was interrupted by Shauna 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 Yveltal 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 Tierno and Trevor 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 sword 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 Lucario 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 Aegislash, 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 Fontainebleau, home of the nearby Forest of Fontainebleau.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ハクダンシティ Hakudan City	From 白檀 byakudan (Indian sandalwood), which produces aromatic wood used in fragrances and serves as food for several species of moths and butterflies, referencing the Gym's specialization in Bug types
English	Santalune City	From Santalum (sandalwood genus) or santal (French for sandalwood)
German	Nouvaria City	From Art Nouveau
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 (Mandarin)	白檀市 Báitán Shì	From 白檀 báitán / baahktàahn (sandalwood)
Chinese (Cantonese)	白檀市 Baahktàahn Síh
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

Kalos
Settlements Vaniville Town • Aquacorde Town‎ • Santalune City • Lumiose City • Camphrier Town • Cyllage City Ambrette Town • Geosenge Town • Shalour City • Coumarine City • Laverre City • Dendemille Town • Anistar City Couriway Town • Snowbelle City • Pokémon League • Kiloude City‎ Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 Landmarks Santalune Forest • Chamber of Emptiness • Parfum Palace • Battle Chateau • Berry fields • Connecting Cave • Glittering Cave • Reflection Cave Tower of Mastery • Azure Bay • Sea Spirit's Den • Kalos Power Plant • Poké Ball Factory • Lost Hotel • Frost Cavern • Lysandre Labs Team Flare Secret HQ • Terminus Cave • Pokémon Village • Victory Road • Battle Maison • Friend Safari • Unknown Dungeon

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