In some countries, such as Germany and Austria, signs aren't placed at the exact boundary of a city or town, but rather at the location where the settlement's built-up area (continuous string of buildings/development) begins and ends.
On September 6, 1994, Austrian lawyer Rudi Vouk (of Slovenian ancestry) drove faster than the speed limit of 50 kilometers per hour while driving through St. Kanzian, also known as Škocjan.
[1] In the court case that followed, Vouk refused to pay the speeding ticket, arguing that the monolingual sign was unconstitutional.
[1] In December 2006, the Constitutional Court of Austria found that city limit signs had to be bilingual.
In the film It's a Wonderful Life, directed by Frank Capra, a town-limit sign reading "You are now in Bedford Falls" appears.