City ___ (place for a population sign) (6)

I believe the answer is:

limits

(Other definitions for limits that I've seen before include "Boundaries, points beyond which something cannot continue" , "Frontiers" , "Bounds beyond which one cannot go" , "'Boundaries, demarcation lines (6)'" , "Curtails" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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