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Area code 434
Area code 434 is centred on Charlottesville, Virginia. We hold 4,395 allocated blocks for it across 66 rate centres, split 43% mobile, 35% landline and 22% VoIP.
The towns inside area code 434
Area code 434 is not a city code. It covers 66 separate rate centres — billing areas, each its own local calling zone. The largest of them are named in the table below.
That matters twice over. A call between two 434 numbers is not necessarily a local call, because they can sit in different rate centres. And a code this wide narrows a subscriber to a region rather than a town.
Virginia is split across 10 area codes — 540, 804, 571, 757, 703, 434 and others. By allocated blocks 434 is the 6th largest of them, holding 11% of the Virginia total.
Where 434 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Charlotsvl and Lawrencevl are shortened. Names are reproduced as recorded rather than expanded — the abbreviation is the key the block data is filed under.
| Rate centre | Blocks | Share of 434 |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotsvl | 701 | 16% |
| Lynchburg | 700 | 16% |
| Danville | 488 | 11% |
| Emporia | 180 | 4% |
| Farmville | 131 | 3% |
| South Hill | 117 | 3% |
| So Boston | 101 | 2% |
| Blackstone | 72 | 2% |
| Palmyra | 62 | 1% |
| Boydton | 58 | 1% |
| Amherst | 54 | 1% |
| Lawrencevl | 54 | 1% |
| Chase City | 52 | 1% |
| Crozet | 52 | 1% |
| Clarksvl | 51 | 1% |
| Lovingston | 50 | 1% |
| Appomattox | 48 | 1% |
| Stanardsvl | 46 | 1% |
| Alberta | 43 | 1% |
| Chatham | 43 | 1% |
| Fork Union | 43 | 1% |
| Brookneal | 42 | 1% |
| Victoria | 42 | 1% |
| Altavista | 40 | 1% |
42 further rate centres in 434 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 434 blocks
Onvoy575 blocks
AT&T Wireless541 blocks
Brightspeed Of Virginia, Llc337 blocks
Verizon Wireless323 blocks
Bandwidth231 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.223 blocks
The largest holder, Onvoy, has 13% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 434 number still reports the carrier it started with. Closing that gap needs a live query against the routing database. How line type is derived.
Check a single 434 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 434?
Area code 434 is centred on Charlottesville, Virginia and spans 66 rate centres, so it covers a region rather than a town.
Is a 434 number a mobile or a landline?
It can be either, and the digits do not say which. North American mobile and landline numbers share the same ranges, so the answer comes from the carrier holding the block. In 434 the split runs 43% mobile, 35% landline and 22% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 434 numbers?
The largest holders are Onvoy, AT&T Wireless, Brightspeed Of Virginia, Llc. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 434 numbers are there?
The code holds 4,395 allocated blocks in our copy of the numbering plan. A block is 1,000 or 10,000 consecutive numbers depending on how deeply it has been pooled, so 434 covers on the order of 4,395,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.