The Town of Danville is located in the San Ramon Valley in
Contra Costa County, California. It is one of the
incorporated municipalities in California that uses
"town" in its name instead of "city".
The population was 41,715 in 2008. Danville is an upscale
suburb of Oakland and San Francisco. Danville is one of the
wealthiest suburbs in the San Francisco Bay Area, with some
of the most expensive and exclusive country clubs and
houses in the country. It still preserves
the characteristics of a town, being compact,
largely self-sufficient as far as shopping goes, and having
only a couple of commercial centers. Its downtown is noted
for its rustic charm, intensively upgraded owing to its now
affluent demographics and its popularity as a
regional destination for dining and light shopping.
With heavy restrictions on large development, the downtown
consists of many small shops on several traditional-styled
plazas.