County seat: Difference between revisions

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}A '''county seat''' is an administrative center, [[seat of government]], or capital city of a [[county]] or [[parish (administrative division)|civil parish]]. The term is in use in five countries: [[Canada]], [[China]], [[Hungary]], [[Romania]], and the [[United States]]. An equivalent term, '''shire town''', is used in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Vermont]] and in several other English-speaking jurisdictions.<ref>[https://vtliving.com/vermontshires/ VT Shire Towns: Visiting The Shires of Vermont]</ref>

In [[Canada]], the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|provinces]] of [[Ontario]], [[Quebec]], [[New Brunswick]], [[Prince Edward Island]], and [[Nova Scotia]] have counties as an administrative division of government below the provincial level, and thus county seats. In the provinces of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia the term "shire town" is used in place of county seat.<ref>{{citationcite web needed|title=County Map of Nova Scotia |url=https://archives.novascotia.ca/maps/county/ |website=Nova Scotia Archives |access-date=December3 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title='What happened?' Long forgotten Dorchester wharf was once heart of shire town |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/roadside-history-james-upham-dorchester-wharf-new-brunswick-1.6724447 |website=CBC News |publisher=CBC |access-date=3 June 20212024}}</ref>