Talk:Vale (city)/@comment-2601:985:4:D0D0:246A:7613:89E5:2B2A-20170729121043/@comment-79.194.200.63-20180223212742

Well, it can be, but I don't think so. Think about New York city and the state New York. Also Washington. In Germany it's even more often. Almost every county is named the same way as its county seat. They fix the problem with the words "Stadt" (town) and "Land" (land).