Villages
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Jerarquía
Built Environment (Hierarchy Name) > Settlements and Landscapes > inhabited places > <settlements by form> > <settlements by form: scale>
Descripción
Distinctions among villages, towns, and cities are relative and vary according to their individual regional contexts. Villages generally designate units of compact settlement, varying in size but usually larger than hamlets and smaller than towns and distinguished from the surrounding rural territory.
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Otros términos
- dorpen [nl]
- aldeas [es]
- village [en]
- dorp [nl]
- aldea [es]