Canterbury

Neighborhood
Name	Canterbury
Hexacode	SE-KY-CB
Population	3,180
Language(s)	English
Geography
Location	Kinley
Next to	Old Kinley
Trivia

Canterbury is a neighborhood of Kinley, situated to the northwest. Originally an agricultural community, the focus of the neighborhood has recently become the International College of Lovia, which has its central campus in Canterbury. A large number of students also live in the area. It's well known for the combination of beautiful seaside landscape and lively culture.

Although it had existed informally for some time, it was given official status by Governor Jon Johnson after Downtown Kinley became overcrowded.

Canterbury adopted a flag in 2011, combining several images and datesimportant to the neighborhood, like the seal, picture of the Aquinas College, Map of American Island with Canterbury, photo of Jon Johnson and the mottoes "Recognized in 2011", "Founded in A.D. 1916" and "Cultura Omnibus Est".

Neighborhood map

Pacific Ocean Central Lovian Sea	The Strand
		Maxi Maxifuel 1 The Strand	1*	Lucky Dragon Corp. Distribution 2 Carroll Street	UPC Kinley 1 Rheims Street	2*	Enrico Pollini 4 Rheims Street	Stijn Wassen 4 Carroll Street	3*	Baldwin Coffees 6 McKinley Street	R a i l w a y
				Carroll Street
		Microcar Museum 2 The Strand		Aquinas College 1 Carroll Street		Canterbury Park 3 Carroll Street		Canterbury Station 5 Carroll Street
		Negywan! 3 The Strand
		College Street
		Stirling Cinema 4 The Strand	Taiyō no Eisei 1 College Street	Grey Lounge 3 Rheims Street	Canterbury Synagogue 2 Rheims Street	Foxton Primary School 2 College Street	Justin Avant 3 College Street
		Beachside Arena 5 The Strand		Big Kahuna 5 Rheims Street	Pierlot Pizza 6 Rheims Street
	Davis Miller Lane
	Swift Oil 1 Davis Miller Lane	Robin Ferguson 2 Davis Miller Lane	Patrick McKinley 3 Davis Miller Lane	Dimitri Kalinnikov 7 Rheims Street	Biofuel facility of TAE 8 Rheims Street	Church of the Sacred Heart 6 Davis Miller Lane	Martijn Mans 7 Davis Miller Lane

*1* — The Strand
*2* — Rheims Street

Culture

Canterbury Park

The culture of Canterbury is often seen as a neutral step between the cultures of Old Kinley and Novosevensk. Most of its population is of American origin, while around 25% have Dutch ancestry, a far smaller proportion than in Kinley. The highly progressive Dutch-Belgian culture which exists in Newhaven and Noble City and to some extent Kinley is therefore much less prevalent. For this reason, Novosevenskians have sometimes argued that the governor should reside in Canterbury to avoid a perceived tension from the inhabitants of Old Kinley.

Canterbury's culture is seen as being very tolerant, with over fifteen different religious denominations. It contains Lovia's only synagogue. There are also a number of Russians in the settlement, immigrants from Novosevensk during the Great Famine. They are however fully integrated, except for their surnames, which of course remain Russian. It retains a vibrancy from the large population of students who reside there.

Canterbury is also known for its art, with Seven's most famous composer, Pieter van Duin, being born there.

History

Canterbury's most iconic landmark, the ICL St. Thomas Aquinas Building.

The settlement was founded by French Algerian Jean de Moivre in 1916 - the original purpose of the settlement was to allow Europeans to avoid being conscripted in the First World War, as Lovia was neutral. It was from this period in Lovia's history that it earned the derogatory nickname Cowards' Village one which is occasionally still heard today.

The population did not really boom however, until the Great Depression, when large numbers of Americans emigrated. The settlement enlarged so rapidly it merged with Kinley becoming a neighborhood of it. Originally an agricultural settlement, as Lovia moved in the later stage of the 20th century towards a service-based economy poverty began to overtake the settlement. The chairman managed to do a deal with the International College in Libertas to open a college in the neighborhood, and ever since then the economy has revolved around the university. Canterbury today boasts of being Lovia's only 'education-based settlement'.

See also

• Kinley
• Seven