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A book town is a town or village with a large number of used book or antiquarian book stores. These stores, as well as literary festivals, attract bibliophile tourists. A number of the book towns are members of the International Organisation of Book Towns.

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Book towns with known dates of operation

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  • Jinbōchō, Tokyo, Japan (early 1880s)
  • Hay-on-Wye, Wales (1961)
  • Redu, Belgium (1984)
  • Bécherel, France (1988)
  • Montolieu, France (1989)
  • Bredevoort, Netherlands (1993)
  • Stillwater, Minnesota, U.S. (1993)
  • Saint-Pierre-de-Clages, Switzerland (1993)
  • Fontenoy-la-Joûte, France (1993)
  • Mundal, Fjærland, Norway (1995)
  • Wigtown, Scotland (1997)
  • Zossen-Wünsdorf, Germany (1997)
  • Damme, Belgium (1997)
  • Dalmellington, Scotland (1997, though the last bookseller closed in 2005 and the project has folded)
  • Sysmä, Finland (4 July 1997)
  • Mühlbeck-Friedersdorf, Germany (1997)
  • Kampung Buku Langkawi, Malaysia (3 December 1997)
  • Archer City, Texas, U.S. (1999)
  • Southern Highlands, Australia (2000)
  • Mellösa, Sweden (17 February 2001)
  • Tvedestrand, Norway (2003)
  • Sedbergh, England (2003)
  • Blaenavon, Wales (28 June 2003, though the project had folded by March 2006)
  • Brownville, Nebraska, U.S., (2004)
  • Hobart, NY - Book Village of the Catskills () (2005)
  • Atherstone, Warwickshire (2005)
  • Torup, Denmark (2006)
  • Kampung Buku Melaka, Malaysia (17 April 2007)
  • St. Martins, New Brunswick, Canada (2007)
  • Urueña, Spain (2007)
  • Bellprat, Catalonia (2008)
  • Esquelbecq, France (2010)
  • Clunes, Victoria, Australia (2012)
  • Montereggio Mulazzo, Italy
  • Borrby, Sweden (2011)
  • Óbidos, Portugal (2015)
  • Cervera, Catalonia (2016)
  • Montblanc, Catalonia (2017)

    • Book Towns with unknown dates of operation

  • Sidney, British Columbia
  • Bosu-dong, Jung-gu, Busan, South Korea
  • Gold Cities BookTown, Grass Valley, California

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