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'''Castelia City''' (Japanese: '''ヒウンシティ''' ''Hiun City'') is a large seaside city located in south central [[Unova]]. Unlike other cities, Castelia is a huge, sprawling metropolis, sporting many towering skyscrapers and other tall buildings. It is the heart of business and economy of the Unova region, as opposed to its sister city, [[Nimbasa City]], which is the heart of leisure and entertainment. Most of its city streets are crowded with different people rushing around, trying to get to work, home, or other places, creating a hustle and bustle scene for city life. The city exists on the bottom of Unova's central peninsula, south of the desert and north of the sea, making for a perfect harbor city.

Castelia City is geographically the largest city in the Unova region and contains many structural elements that have not been seen in cities in other regions. The city's core is a {{wp|central business district}}, with huge skyscrapers and other commercial buildings; a series of alleyways lead into this core, where smaller shops are set up among city traffic. The city's outskirts are bounded on all sides by harbor, where ships provide traffic to other regions in the Pokémon world.

===Central Plaza===

[[File:Central Plaza anime.png|thumb|220px|Central Plaza in the anime]]

To the north of Central Plaza is another street with several tall skyscrapers that leads out to {{rt|4|Unova}}. Three buildings may be accessed from this street.

On the west side is a building that contains many useful services in Black and White. On the ground floor is the [[Name Rater]], where Trainers may change the nicknames of their Pokémon, as well as the Feeling Reader, who offers advice about using the Feeling Check on the [[C-Gear]]. On the 11th floor is the [[Relocator]], which requires a password to be used. The Relocator is used to transfer any of the four Pokémon distributed to commemorate the {{pkmn|anime}} {{pkmn|movie}} ''[[M13|Zoroark: Master of Illusions]]''ー{{DL|List of Nintendo event Pokémon with in-game effects|Celebi}} and the {{Shiny}} [[legendary beasts]], {{DL|List of Nintendo event Pokémon with in-game effects|Raikou}}, {{DL|List of Nintendo event Pokémon with in-game effects|Entei}}, and {{DL|List of Nintendo event Pokémon with in-game effects|Suicune}}. Also on the 11th floor is Mr. Lock, the "magical clown who can open anything." Using the [[Relocator]], the player can transfer the [[Lock Capsule]], an event item that was never given an official distribution, to Black or White. After giving the Lock Capsule to Mr. Lock, the player will receive {{TM|95|Snarl}}, which was locked within the Lock Capsule to protect it from [[Team Rocket]]. In Black 2 and White 2, an old man on the ground floor will give the player an Amulet Coin.

The southernmost building on the east side of the street is hosting a party on its 47th floor. After getting past the guard on the ground floor who frisks anyone for suspicious items, the player may go up the elevator and talk with people at the party, some of whom speak in foreign languages. Some of the people upstairs will give away items or TMs.

===Pokémon Center===

A lady next to the PC will ask whether the Pokémon leading the team at that moment is the player's favorite Pokémon. This will change the favorite Pokémon's sprite in the {{DL|Vs. Recorder|Trainer's Profile}} from the Vs. Recorder. This action can be repeated anytime the player wants to change the favorite Pokémon again.

==Demographics==

==In the anime==

[[File:Castelia City anime.png|thumb|310px|Castelia City in the anime]]

The city made a brief cameo in ''[[BW021|The Lost World of Gothitelle!]]'', where a few skyscrapers could be seen from the [[Skyarrow Bridge]], and again in [[Sally]]'s flashback of {{p|Gothitelle}} in the alleyways. It appeared fully in ''[[BW022|A Venipede Stampede!]]'' when {{Ash}}, {{an|Iris}} and {{an|Cilan}} arrived there. Cilan talked about its famous ice cream: Casteliacone. Ash and {{ashfr}} suddenly met [[Burgh]] at the Central Plaza. Burgh sensed something was wrong and they went down the underground sewage system that goes past the outskirts of Castelia to find the problem. Here, they found an injured {{p|Venipede}}. Suddenly a massive group of Venipede stormed in and attacked the city.

Once Nurse Joy's Audino used Heal Pulse on the leader, Burgh played his "Insect Pipe" and lead the Venipede out of the city. In a now-deleted scene from the episode (the episode's original ending), he saw Ash and his friends off when they decided to go with [[Professor Juniper]] to investigate the Desert Resort.

In ''[[BW023|Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!]]'' Ash had his Gym battle with Burgh. Ash won against Burgh, and his {{p|Sewaddle}} [[Evolution|evolved]] into a {{AP|Swadloon}}.

==Name origin==

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! style="{{roundytl|5px}}" | Language

! Name

! style="{{roundytr|5px}}" | Origin

| Japanese

| ヒウンシティ ''Hiun City''

| 飛雲文 ''hiunmon'', a type of pattern based around swirling clouds ([[Media:Hiun pattern.jpg|example]]). 飛雲 ''hiun'' translates to "soaring clouds".

| English

| Castelia City

| From ''{{wp|Towering cumulus cloud#Cumulus castellanus|castellanus}}'', a cloud species. Also, from the Latin for castle.

| French

| Volucité

| From ''volume'' or ''volute'' (swirl), and ''cité'', city.

| German

| Stratos City

| Probably from {{wp|Stratus}} cloud or from ''Stratosphere''

| Italian

| Austropoli

| Spanish

| Ciudad Porcelana

| From ''porcelana'', {{wp|porcelain}}.

| Korean

| 구름시티 ''Gureum City''

| 구름 (''gureum'') means ''cloud''.

| Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan}})

| 飛雲市 ''Fēiyún Shì''

| From 飛雲 ''hiun''. Also translates to "soaring clouds".

| Brazilian Portuguese

| Cidade de Castelia