Villafranca or Vilafranca may refer to:

Places

Vilafranca (medieval town) Vilafranca (in Catalan and most languages), Villefranche (in French) or Borgo Franco (in Italian) is understood as the legal status of a medieval community free of duties or with fiscal privileges, alternately performing military services. Exam ...

, a type of trading center town in medieval times

Italy

* Villafranca d'Asti, in the province of Asti *

Villafranca di Verona Villafranca di Verona is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Verona in the Veneto, Northern Italy. History The position on the ancient Via Postumia and the perpendicular intersection structure of its roads suggests that the city had Roman ...

, in the province of Verona *

Villafranca in Lunigiana Villafranca in Lunigiana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Massa and Carrara in the Italian region Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about northwest of Massa. It is located on the Via Francigena, and has maintained ...

, in the province of Massa-Carrara *

Villafranca Padovana Villafranca Padovana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Padua in the Italy, Italian region Veneto, located about west of Venice and about northwest of Padua. Villafranca Padovana borders the following municipalities: Campodoro, Li ...

, in the province of Padua *

Villafranca Piemonte Villafranca Piemonte is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km southwest of Turin. Villafranca Piemonte borders the following municipalities: Vigone, Pancalieri, Ca ...

, in the province of Turin * Villafranca Sicula, in the province of Agrigento *

Villafranca Tirrena Villafranca Tirrena is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about northwest of Messina. Villafranca Tirrena borders the following municipalities: Messina ...

, in the province of Messina

Spain

Vilafranca Vilafranca is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Ports, in the province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain. Prior to 2022, it was part of a different ''comarca'', l'Alt Maestrat. Its official Spanish language name is Villafranca del Ci ...

, in the autonomous community of Valencia *

Vilafranca de Bonany Vilafranca de Bonany () is a small municipality in the district of Pla on Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is an agricultural town, known for its market stalls along the highway selling spices, fruits, and vegetables as well as ...

, in the autonomous community of Balearic Islands *

Vilafranca del Penedès Vilafranca del Penedès, or simply Vilafranca, is the capital of Alt Penedès county in Penedès, Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the Penedès Depression on the left bank of the Foix River, and on the main axis of communication from Barcel ...

, in the autonomous community of Catalunya * Villafranca, Navarre, in the autonomous community of Navarre *

Villafranca de Córdoba Villafranca de Córdoba is a city located in the province of Córdoba, Spain. See also * List of municipalities in Córdoba Córdoba is a province in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, which is divided into 77 municipalities. S ...

, in the autonomous community of Andalusia * Villafranca de Duero, in the autonomous community of Castile and León * Villafranca de Ebro, in the autonomous community of Aragon * Villafranca de la Sierra, in the autonomous community of Castile and León * Villafranca de los Barros, in the autonomous community of Extremadura * Villafranca de los Caballeros, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha *

Villafranca del Bierzo 250px, Castle of Villafranca. Villafranca del Bierzo ( Galician: Vilafranca do Bierzo) is a village and municipality located in the comarca of El Bierzo, in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. Villafranca del Bierzo lies 187 kilomete ...

, in the autonomous community of Castile and León * Villafranca del Campo, in the autonomous community of Aragon * Villafranca de Ordicia, currently officially named Ordizia, in the autonomous community of Basque Country *

Villafranca Montes de Oca Villafranca Montes de Oca is a municipality, former medieval bishopric and present Latin titular see located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, northern Spain. According to the 2005 census ( INE), the municipality has a population of 1 ...

, in the autonomous community of Castile and León

Paraguay

Villa Franca Villa Franca is a village in the Ñeembucú department of Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwes ...

, a village in the Ñeembucú department of Paraguay

Portugal

Vila Franca de Xira Vila Franca de Xira (), officially the City of Vila Franca de Xira (), is a city and municipality in the Lisbon District in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 137,659, in an area of 318.19 km2. Situated on both banks of the Tagus River, ...

, Lisbon *

Vila Franca do Campo Vila Franca do Campo () is a Portuguese town on the island of São Miguel in the Autonomous Region of the Azores. It covers an area of 78.00 km² and has a population of 10,323 inhabitants (2021). The municipality is divided into 6 parishes and is ...

, Azores

People

* Villafranca (surname) *

Counts of Villafranca The Counts of Savoy-Villafranca, and later the Counts of Villafranca-Soissons, are legitimate male–line descendants of Thomas Francis of Savoy, Prince of Carignano, the founder of the Carignano branch of the House of Savoy. History The title ...

Other uses

* ''Villafranca'' (film), a 1934 Italian historical drama film *

Treaty of Villafranca The Second Italian War of Independence, also called the Sardinian War, the Austro-Sardinian War, the Franco-Austrian War, or the Italian War of 1859 (Italian: ''Seconda guerra d'indipendenza italiana''; German: ''Sardinischer Krieg''; French: ...

(1866), Seven Weeks' War