Market towns
Esquema
Jerarquía
Built Environment (Hierarchy Name) > Settlements and Landscapes > inhabited places > <settlements by economic base> > market centers (inhabited places)
Descripción
Communities of relatively small size that hold a market, typically agricultural centers in a rural area. Market towns typically developed as a location to trade farm products, sometimes near fortified places.
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URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- marktsteden [nl]
- ciudades mercantiles [es]
- market town [en]
- towns, market [en]
- marktstad [nl]
- ciudad mercantil [es]