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 location 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 tall stone gated city features brick pathways interwoven between European-style homes and buildings. It appears to have a floral theme with several floral decorations and gardens in the city as well as a large stone Roselia-shaped water fountain in the central plaza.

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	Blue	$800	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Logo Cap	Red	Orange	$800	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Outdoors Cap	Black	Blue	$3,100	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Outdoors Cap	Beige	Blue	$3,100	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Knit Cap	Black	Blue	$3,100	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Knit Cap	Orange	Orange	$800	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Camo Cap	Olive	Orange	$800	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Camo Cap	Aqua	Orange	$800	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Button Accessory	Gray	Brown	$500	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Button Accessory	Pink	Brown	$500	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Button Accessory	Purple	Brown	$500	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Button Accessory	Lime green	Brown	$500	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Feather Accessory	Red	Brown	$1,400	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Feather Accessory	Green	Brown	$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	Brown angular	$800	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Felt Hat	Brown	Brown angular	$2,400	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Felt Hat	Pale pink	Frilly pink	$800	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Felt Hat	Aqua	Frilly pink	$800	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Logo Cap	Pink	Blue stripes	$1,600	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Logo Cap	Black	Blue stripes	$1,600	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Cycling Cap	White	Brown angular	$800	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Cycling Cap	Beige	Brown angular	$3,100	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Fedora	Red	Black	$800	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Fedora	Yellow	Brown angular	$2,100	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Hat	Fedora	Green	Brown angular	$2,600	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Button Accessory	Gray	Brown	$500	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Button Accessory	Pink	Brown	$500	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Button Accessory	Purple	Brown	$500	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Button Accessory	Yellow	Brown	$500	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Button Accessory	Lime green	Brown	$500	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Artificial Flower Pin	Pink	Brown	$500	Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
Accessory	Artificial Flower Pin	Yellow	Brown	$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 Ball* $600
Ultra Ball* $1,200	Potion $300
Super Potion* $700	Hyper Potion* $1,200
Max Potion* $2,500	Full Restore* $3,000
Revive* $1,500	Antidote* $100
Paralyze Heal* $200	Awakening* $250
Burn Heal* $250	Ice Heal* $250
Full Heal* $600	Escape Rope* $550
Repel* $350	Super Repel* $500
Max Repel* $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

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	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
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Pokémon

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Farfetch'd	X			Y			Trade Bunnelby	10	One
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Trainers

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

Santalune City in the anime

Santalune City was first 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 made its proper debut appearance in A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!, where Ash and his friends arrived there to challenge the Gym.

In the anime, it is Tierno's hometown.

Trivia

• Santalune's Japanese motto is 古式ゆかしい　街 "A traditional city".
• 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 starter 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 the genus Santalum or santal (French for sandalwood)
French	Neuvartault	From Art Nouveau
German	Nouvaria City	From Art Nouveau
Italian	Novartopoli	From Art Nouveau
Spanish	Ciudad Novarte	From Art Nouveau
Korean	백단시티 Baekdan City	From 백단 (白檀) baekdan, sandalwood
Chinese (Mandarin)	白檀市 Báitán Shì	From its Japanese name
Chinese (Cantonese)	白檀市 Baahktàahn Síh	From its Japanese 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

This article is part of Project Cities and Towns, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every city and town in the Pokémon world.