Santalune City

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 Kalos region. It is the hometown of the first Gym Leader, Viola.

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.

Poké Mart

Generation VI (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	From a boy in the house behind the Pokémon Center In the grass below and to the right of the tables at the Café on the hill (Hidden)	X  Y
	X Attack x3	From an old man in the Trainer's School	X  Y
	X Defense x3	From an old man in the Trainer's School	X  Y
	Antidote	In the lamppost at the Café on the hill (hidden)	X  Y
	Super Potion	In the flowerbox second from the left at the Café on the hill (hidden)	X  Y
	Roller Skates	From Roller Skater Rinka after defeating her	X  Y
	Exp. Share	From Alexa after defeating Viola	X  Y

Pokémon

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

In the anime

Santalune City is mentioned by Alexa in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!, saying that her sister's gym is located there and not in Lumiose City. Santalune City will make a proper debut appearance in XY005, where Ash and his friends arrive there to challenge the gym.

Trivia

• Santalune's Japanese motto is 古式ゆかしい　街.

Origin

Santalune City Is based on the Palace of Versailles

Name origin

Santalune comes from Santalum. This was likely chosen for two reasons; the species name is Santalum album, referencing Viola's passion for photography for obvious reasons, and "Santalum" is the food of some moths and butterflies, referencing the Bug-type and Vivillon.

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ハクダンシティ Hakudan City	From 白檀 byakudan, Indian sandalwood
English	Santalune City	From Santalum.
French	Neuvartault	Possibly from Art Nouveau.
German	Nouvaria City	Possibly from Art Nouveau.
Italian	Novartopoli	Possibly from Art Nouveau.
Spanish	Ciudad Novarte	Possibly from Art Nouveau.
Korean	백단시티 Baekdan City	From 백단 (白檀) baekdan, sandalwood.

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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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