Centreville

Centreville is a Lovian hamlet in the state of Kings. Centreville is located on Kings Island, on the southwest side of the Abby Highlands. The settlement was founded in 1895, for the purposes of mining and allowing easier access to more northern parts of Kings's central regions. The settlement experienced a population boom in the early twentieth century, particularly in the 1920s, because of the success of nearby mines, reaching a peak population of close to two thousand. However, from the time of the Second World War onward, mine closure and related migration to more successful mines further north in Kings and in Oceana, and urbanization, caused the population to decline, which in turn left considerable outer parts of Centreville uninhabited. As of the twentyfirst century, the majority of the town is now employed in agriculture and still-functional mines further north, with the town also gaining revenue from tourism to the Highlands, the mines (some of which have been converted to museums) and the outer parts of the settlement (which have been used in numerous Lovian films, and are currently being protected by the Centreville Historical Protection Agency).