Community of any size, in which people live

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Human settlement

<p>In <a href="/en/Geography" title="Geography" class="wl">geography</a>, <a href="/en/Statistics" title="Statistics" class="wl">statistics</a> and <a href="/en/Archaeology" title="Archaeology" class="wl">archaeology</a>, a <b>settlement</b>, <b>locality</b> or <b>populated place</b> is a <a href="/en/Community" title="Community" class="wl">community</a> in which people live. The complexity of a settlement can range from a minuscule number of dwellings grouped together to the largest of cities with surrounding <a href="/en/Urban_area" title="Urban area" class="wl">urbanized areas</a>. Settlements may include <a href="/en/Hamlet_(place)" title="Hamlet (place)" class="wl">hamlets</a>, <a href="/en/Village" title="Village" class="wl">villages</a>, <a href="/en/Town" title="Town" class="wl">towns</a> and <a href="/en/City" title="City" class="wl">cities</a>.  A settlement may have known historical properties such as the date or era in which it was first settled, or first settled by particular people.</p>

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<figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right wiki-thumb"><a href="/en/File:Flora_OR_-_aerial.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Flora_OR_-_aerial.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flora_OR_-_aerial.jpg/220px-Flora_OR_-_aerial.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="2127" data-file-height="1682" data-file-type="bitmap" height="174" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flora_OR_-_aerial.jpg/330px-Flora_OR_-_aerial.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flora_OR_-_aerial.jpg/440px-Flora_OR_-_aerial.jpg 2x" alt="Flora_OR_-_aerial.jpg"></a><figcaption>The small town of <a href="/en/Flora,_Oregon" title="Flora, Oregon" class="wl">Flora, Oregon</a> in the United States is unincorporated, but is considered a populated place.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right wiki-thumb"><a href="/en/File:Pajuniemen_kyläaukeaa_Suodenniemellä.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Pajuniemen_kyläaukeaa_Suodenniemellä.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Pajuniemen_kyl%C3%A4aukeaa_Suodenniemell%C3%A4.jpg/220px-Pajuniemen_kyl%C3%A4aukeaa_Suodenniemell%C3%A4.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" data-file-type="bitmap" height="147" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Pajuniemen_kyl%C3%A4aukeaa_Suodenniemell%C3%A4.jpg/330px-Pajuniemen_kyl%C3%A4aukeaa_Suodenniemell%C3%A4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Pajuniemen_kyl%C3%A4aukeaa_Suodenniemell%C3%A4.jpg/440px-Pajuniemen_kyl%C3%A4aukeaa_Suodenniemell%C3%A4.jpg 2x" alt="Pajuniemen_kyl%C3%A4aukeaa_Suodenniemell%C3%A4.jpg"></a><figcaption>A field landscape of the rural <a href="/en/Pajuniemi" title="Pajuniemi" class="wl">Pajuniemi</a> village in <a href="/en/Sastamala" title="Sastamala" class="wl">Sastamala</a>, <a href="/en/Pirkanmaa" title="Pirkanmaa" class="wl">Pirkanmaa</a>, <a href="/en/Finland" title="Finland" class="wl">Finland</a>.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right wiki-thumb"><a href="/en/File:Taos_Pueblo2.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Taos_Pueblo2.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Taos_Pueblo2.jpg/250px-Taos_Pueblo2.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="2184" data-file-height="1440" data-file-type="bitmap" height="165" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Taos_Pueblo2.jpg/375px-Taos_Pueblo2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Taos_Pueblo2.jpg/500px-Taos_Pueblo2.jpg 2x" alt="Taos_Pueblo2.jpg"></a><figcaption><a href="/en/Taos_Pueblo" title="Taos Pueblo" class="wl">Taos Pueblo</a>, an ancient <a href="/en/Pueblo" title="Pueblo" class="wl">pueblo</a> belonging to a <a href="/en/Taos_language" title="Taos language" class="wl">Taos</a>-speaking <a href="/en/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States" class="wl">Native American</a> tribe of <a href="/en/Pueblo_people" title="Pueblo people" class="mw-redirect wl">Pueblo people</a>. It is approximately 1000 years old and lies about 1 mile (1.6<span>&nbsp;</span>km) north of the modern city of <a href="/en/Taos,_New_Mexico" title="Taos, New Mexico" class="wl">Taos</a>, <a href="/en/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico" class="wl">New Mexico</a>.</figcaption></figure>

<p>In the field of <a href="/en/Geospatial_predictive_modeling" title="Geospatial predictive modeling" class="wl">geospatial predictive modeling</a>, settlements are "a city, town, village or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work".<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Semantics_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-Semantics-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></p>

<p>A settlement conventionally includes its constructed facilities such as <a href="/en/Road" title="Road" class="wl">roads</a>, <a href="/en/Enclosure" title="Enclosure" class="wl">enclosures</a>, <a href="/en/Field_systems" title="Field systems" class="mw-redirect wl">field systems</a>, <a href="/en/Boundaries_in_landscape_history" title="Boundaries in landscape history" class="wl">boundary</a> banks and <a href="/en/Ditch" title="Ditch" class="wl">ditches</a>, <a href="/en/Pond" title="Pond" class="wl">ponds</a>, <a href="/en/Park" title="Park" class="wl">parks</a> and <a href="/en/Wood" title="Wood" class="wl">woods</a>, <a href="/en/Windmill" title="Windmill" class="wl">wind</a> and <a href="/en/Water_mill" title="Water mill" class="mw-redirect wl">water mills</a>, <a href="/en/Manor_house" title="Manor house" class="wl">manor houses</a>, <a href="/en/Moat" title="Moat" class="wl">moats</a> and <a href="/en/Church_(building)" title="Church (building)" class="wl">churches</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></p>



In geography, statistics and archaeology, a settlement, locality or populated place is a community in which people live. The complexity of a settlement can range from a minuscule number of dwellings grouped together to the largest of cities with surrounding urbanized areas. Settlements may include hamlets, villages, towns and cities.  A settlement may have known historical properties such as the date or era in which it was first settled, or first settled by particular people. In the field of geospatial predictive modeling, settlements are "a city, town, village or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work". A settlement conventionally includes its constructed facilities such as roads, enclosures, field systems, boundary banks and ditches, ponds, parks and woods, wind and water mills, manor houses, moats and churches. 