Greater Boston’s 101 Cities and Towns

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The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) is the regional planning agency for the people who live and work in the Greater Boston region.

The Greater Boston region is made up of 22 cities and 79 towns, and each city and town fall under one of eight subregions.

The 101 cities and towns include a diverse mix of coastal communities, older industrial centers, rural towns, and urban neighborhoods.

MAPC has proudly been serving the Greater Boston region since MAPC was established in 1963.

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101 Cities and Towns

Eight Subregions

101 Cities and Towns

The MAPC region broken up into the eight subregions, defined by different colors.
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Acton
Arlington
Ashland
Bedford
Bellingham
Belmont
Beverly
Bolton
Boston
Boxborough
Braintree
Brookline
Burlington
Cambridge
Canton
Carlisle
Chelsea
Cohasset
Concord
Danvers
Dedham
Dover
Duxbury
Essex
Everett
Foxborough
Framingham
Franklin
Gloucester
Hamilton
Hanover
Hingham
Holbrook
Holliston

Hopkinton
Hudson
Hull
Ipswich
Lexington
Lincoln
Littleton
Lynn
Lynnfield
Malden
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Marblehead
Marlborough
Marshfield
Maynard
Medfield
Medford
Medway
Melrose
Middleton
Milford
Millis
Milton
Nahant
Natick
Needham
Newton
Norfolk
North Reading
Norwell
Norwood
Peabody
Pembroke
Quincy

Randolph
Reading
Revere
Rockland
Rockport
Salem
Saugus
Scituate
Sharon
Sherborn
Somerville
Southborough
Stoneham
Stoughton
Stow
Sudbury
Swampscott
Topsfield
Wakefield
Walpole
Waltham
Watertown
Wayland
Wellesley
Wenham
Weston
Westwood
Weymouth
Wilmington
Winchester
Winthrop
Woburn
Wrentham

Eight Subregions

Below you will find the 101 Greater Boston cities and towns broken out by which of the eight subregions they fall under.
For more information, please visit the Subregions main webpage.

Inner Core Committee logo, which is one of the 8 subregions for the region. ICC is written in large blue letters. Inner Core Committee is written in smaller white letters. Background is a light green city illustration.

Inner Core Committee (ICC)

Arlington, Belmont, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Lynn, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Milton, Needham, Newton, Quincy, Revere, Saugus, Somerville, Waltham, Watertown, and Winthrop
Visit the ICC Webpage

MetroWest Regional Collaborative logo. MetroWest written in blue. Regional Collaborative written in grey. Fostering Sustainable Communities written in green.

MetroWest Regional Collaborative (MWRC)

Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Marlborough, Natick, Sherborn, Southborough, Wayland, Wellesley, and Weston
Visit the MWRC Webpage

MAGIC logo. In large, light green letters, it says, "MAGIC". Under the text is smaller, capitalized, blue text that says, "Minuteman Advisory Group on Interlocal Coordination". To the left of the text is an blue illustration of a minuteman

Minuteman Advisory Group on Interlocal Coordination (MAGIC)

Acton, Bedford, Bolton, Boxborough, Carlisle, Concord, Hudson, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Maynard, Stow, and Sudbury.
Visit the MAGIC Webpage

North Shore Task Force logo. It says NSTF in large, green letters. In smaller, blue letters it says, North Shore Task Force. There is a blue and green map of the subregion.

North Shore Task Force (NSTF)

Beverly, Danvers, Essex, Gloucester, Ipswich, Hamilton, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Marblehead, Middleton, Nahant, Peabody, Rockport, Salem, Swampscott, Topsfield, and Wenham
Visit the NSTF Webpage

North Surburban Planning Council logo. In large, green letters it says, NSPC. In smaller blue letters it says North Suburban Planning Council. There's a green and blue map of the subregion.

North Suburban Planning Council (NSPC)

Burlington, Lynnfield, North Reading, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, Wilmington, Winchester, and Woburn
Visit the NSPC Webpage

South Shore Coalition logo. A map of the region in dark blue with a small part in light green. Large, capitalized, light green letters SSC. Text in small, light blue, South Shore Coalition.

South Shore Coalition (SSC)

Braintree, Cohasset, Duxbury, Hanover, Hingham, Holbrook, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Pembroke, Rockland, Scituate, and Weymouth
Visit the SSC Webpage

SWAP logo

SouthWest Advisory Planning Committee (SWAP)

Bellingham, Dover, Franklin, Hopkinton, Medway, Milford, Millis, Norfolk, Sherborn, and Wrentham
Visit the SWAP Webpage

TRIC logo. A blue like flag shape on the left and on the right, large, capitalized, light green letters: TRIC. Text underneath in small blue: Three Rivers Interlocal Council.

Three Rivers Interlocal Council (TRIC)

Canton, Dedham, Dover, Foxborough, Medfield, Milton, Needham, Norwood, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole, and Westwood
Visit the TRIC Webpage