hamlet

Also known as aldea, small settlement

small settlement in a rural area

AI overview

A hamlet is a small settlement or community found in rural areas, typically smaller than a village. Hamlets are significant in understanding how people historically organized themselves into communities in countryside regions where population density was low.

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In the Vinony graph

Within Vinony's link graph, hamlet is referenced by 9,216 other articles, and connects out to electoral unit, capital district or territory and municipality.

It sits within the topics Geography articles needing translation from Italian Wikipedia, Hamlets and Types of populated places.

Its subject is documented across 63 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Part of: rural area
Image: Cortijada de la Loma.JPG

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next higher rank: village
OpenStreetMap tag: place=hamlet
Commons category: Hamlets
topic's main category: Category:Hamlets
P8168: 8398 Rubbia

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Encyclopedic overview

The hamlet Weiler Oberwil in Waldkirch, Switzerland

A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes, a hamlet is defined for official or administrative purposes.

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