The population in and near the town is about 15,000.

This is the only major road in or near the town.

Most of these people live in the rural areas near the town.

In the 13th century, silver was found near the town.

Near the town where her husband and his father lived, she used the ring to make herself a house to live.

Someone saw you near the town and rushed over to tell me.

They had given up the chase upon coming too near the town.

In October 2007, a battle killed 175 near the town.

One day he went on his bicycle to a church near the town.

At one point in the town's history, a railroad line either went through or came very near the town.