Kotamadya merupakan sebuah kota menengah (madya dalam bahasa Jawa). Istilah ini digunakan untuk membedakan antara kota besar (bahasa Inggris: city) dan kota kecil/menengah (bahasa Inggris: town)

Çeşme, Turkey a coastal Turkish town with houses in regional style and an Ottoman Castle.

The alpine town of Davos in the Swiss Alps.

Reading, England, is a large town which has unsuccessfully tried to become a city.

The historic part of Plovdiv, a major town in central Bulgaria.