City At Night

• Egypt
In Egypt the word "مدينة" (madina) means city or town & there is no distinction between a town and a city.
• France
The French word for city is the same for town: it's ville for both of them. In France, there is no distinction between a town and a city. There is only a difference between a city or town (ville), a village (village) which is smaller (around 50 to 2000 inhabitants), and a hamlet (hameau) which doesn't have more than around 50 inhabitants. French people usually make a difference between a city that has more than around 10000 inhabitants (city) and one that has less than around 10000 (town). Anyway, it is very subjective. The number of inhabitants that is supposed to have a city or a village to be considered as one may vary among individuals. But they usually say petite ville (literally "small city", or town) for the littlest city, and ville (city) for the bigger ones. The term métropole (metropolis) or grande ville (big city) can be used for the biggest cities.