Coumarine City

Coumarine City (Japanese: ヒヨクシティ Hiyoku City) is a port city located in the Kalos region. It is the hometown of the Gym Leader Ramos.

Slogan
The city where bay and butte are bound. (Japanese:  The city where shore meets bluff.)

Coumarine Gym
The Coumarine Gym is the official Gym of Coumarine City, whose Gym Leader is Ramos.

Incense shop
A shopkeeper at a stall in the seaside half of the city sells many kinds of Incense.

Hotel Coumarine
On the second floor of Hotel Coumarine, a group of travelers will rotate in and out of the rooms. Any of the travelers not at Hotel Coumarine on one day may be found at the hotels in Camphrier Town, Ambrette Town, Cyllage City, Geosenge Town, and Couriway Town.

Six travelers will rotate among the first room on a six-day cycle: a, a , a , a , a male , and a (in that order); as the player talks to these travelers on different days (at any hotel), they will gradually open up to the player. A female who gives out Ribbons will also occupy the second room every Sunday and Thursday.

The Game Director also occupies the third room and will ask the player to show him their Pokédex once it is complete. He will give out Diplomas for completing the Central Kalos, Coastal Kalos, Mountain Kalos, Kalos, and National Pokédexes.

Seaside and Hillcrest Stations
A monorail will take the undefined between the seaside and hillcrest halves of the city.

Hillcrest cliff
In the hillcrest side of town, after defeating the, Tierno can be found on the cliffs overlooking the monorail tracks. Each day, he will ask to see a Pokémon with a, asking for a specific one at random. If the player shows him one, he will give a Heart Scale.

The moves Tierno will ask to see are:

Pokémon X and Y
The population of Coumarine City is 43, tying with Laverre City for the title of the third largest city in Kalos.

Hotel guest items
These items can be obtained from the rotating guests appearing at, provided the player has met the same guest on three other occasions. These guests can be met at any hotel located outside of Lumiose City.

Pokémon
If the player is speaking to the or  on the second floor of  for the fourth time, they will offer to trade the player a  or  (respectively).

Trainers
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In the anime
In the, Coumarine City is very much like its in- counterpart. The city is divided into two sections that are connected by a monorail, but it is also possible to travel between them without the monorail by way of a path that goes over a hill that is largely devoted to Ramos's  ranch. Also, the Pokémon Center is located in the southern part of the city.

and arrived in Coumarine in Thawing an Icy Panic!, where they met the Leader of the Coumarine Gym, Ramos, after  accidentally crashed through the gate of his ranch and startled his. Later on, a snowstorm was caused by a and a. The two Pokémon were angry because their friend  had been captured by. Fortunately, Ramos was able to calm them down by using his and  to melt the snow before assisting Ash and his friends in defeating Team Rocket.

In The Green, Green Grass Types of Home!, Ash had a Gym against Ramos and his Jumpluff,, and  and won with his , , and. This victory earned Ash the, his fourth Kalos League Badge overall.

In Under the Pledging Tree!, the group visited a special tree called the Pledging Tree during celebrations and gave each other presents. Ash also tried to a , but failed since he was out of Poké Balls.

In A Showcase Debut!, and Jessie made their debut as Pokémon Performers in the town's Pokémon Showcase Rookie Class. However, they both lost in the Theme Performance. , who also entered the event in hopes of earning the Coumarine City, was able to move on to the second round. There, she managed to captivate the audience while performing along with her and. She was the most voted Performer of the round and was declared the winner of the competition. The next day, Serena decided to change her look by shortening her hair and changing her outfit. After the group's stay in Coumarine City, they left for Lumiose City and Ash's Gym battle with at the Lumiose Gym.

Trivia

 * An NPC in the house where the player can obtain a Poké Toy will play a remastered version of An Unwavering Heart (Japanese: れぬい) from 's soundtrack. The song is called How About a Song? "An Unwavering Heart" in the English release of Pokémon X and Y's soundtrack.
 * Coumarine City is the only city or town in the Pokémon world to consist of two geographically separate sections.
 * Coumarine City is similar to Celadon City in the Kanto region, as both cities host the Game Director, both have Gym Leaders who specialize in Grass-type Pokémon who are the fourth Leaders of their respective regions, both have names that start with the letter "C", and both have a hotel.

Origin
Coumarine City's real-life counterpart is likely, the largest port in northern France.

Name origin
Tempera City Ciudad Témpera Port Tempères Temperopoli ヒヨクシティ 海翼市