Town sign

A town sign or city limit sign is a road sign placed at the side of the road or street at the boundary of the territory of a city, town, or village. Town signs may be placed for reading both by drivers entering the town and, in a different format, by those exiting it. Signs give the name of the town in the local official languages, and sometimes in other languages. In some countries, town signs are also an essential part of the traffic law, for example by defining (explicitly or implicitly) the speed limit within the town's territory.

In much of the U.S., there is a similar county sign at the boundary between each county (or independent city not part of one), indicating the county being entered and often the one being left. Even if not done within a give U.S. state, there is also nearly always a welcome sign at the state line on every major highway, and most any other road. The welcome signs on Interstate highways are usually very large and have graphics, and may have an attached text-only sign directing motorists to the welcome center at a rest area. On smaller roads, they are usually more similar to town signs, showing the state and county, often with other signs indicating speed limit, a state law (such as "burn headlights during rain"), and/or a change in time zone.

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  Standard Czech entry sign format
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  Standard Czech exit sign format
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  Czech additional entry sign format of locality in minority language (Polish)
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  Czech additional exit sign format of locality in minority language (Polish) in Czech republic
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  Czech additional entry sign format of locality in minority language (Polish) since 2009
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  Czech additional exit sign format of locality in minority language (Polish) in Czech republic since 2009
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  The border between the French communes of Chambéry and Barberaz
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  Entry sign, Chłopków, Poland
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  Vlotho, in the Kreis of Herford, Germany
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  Bilingual entry signs in German and Upper Sorbian in Upper Lusatia, Saxony, Germany
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  Bilingual English-Welsh sign with speed limit, Llechryd
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  One of Catskill Park's brown and yellow town signs, showing the hamlet of Pine Hill, New York, United States
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  Entry sign for Stafford, Texas on FM 1092
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  Town exit sign in Villarrubia de los Ojos, Ciudad Real, with a reassurance marker.
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  Entry sign in Bélapátfalva, Hungary - new type
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  Entry sign in Bugac, Hungary - using ancient Hungarian letters (rovas)
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  Multilingual town sign in Mohács, Hungary
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  Bilingual entry signs in Beregszász / Berehove / Берегово (Ukraine) - with Cyrillic letters (for Ukrainian), Hungarian letters (for Hungarians) and rovas letters (for 12th-century Magyars)
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  Bilingual entry sign in Polish and German in Upper Silesia, Poland
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  Bilingual exit sign in Czech and Polish in Trans-Olza Silesia, Czech
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  Entry sign in Hradiště military area, Karlovy Vary Region,Czech
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  The speed limit of 50 km/h in Bambrugge
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  No speed limit of 50 km/h any more in Bambrugge
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  Entry sign in Damwâld, Netherlands
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  Entry sign in Zaitseve, Ukraine