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  2. Settlement hierarchy - Wikipedia

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    Town – a settlement or village that has grown into an urbanized area and historically features a central market or court, particularly as a regional market town. City – any consolidated urbanized area, historically often with a walled urban core, and in larger urban or metropolitan areas the downtown area.

  3. Village (United States) - Wikipedia

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    In New York, a village is an incorporated area that differs from a city in that a village is within the jurisdiction of one or more towns, whereas a city is independent of a town. Villages thus have less autonomy than cities. [2] A village is usually, but not always, within a single town.

  4. Administrative divisions of New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] The main difference between a city and a village is that cities are organized and governed according to their charters, which can differ widely among cities, [17] while most villages are subject to a uniform statewide Village Law (twelve villages still operate under charters issued by the state legislature prior to a revision ...

  5. Administrative divisions of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The administrative divisions of Illinois are counties, townships, precincts, cities, towns, villages, and special-purpose districts. [1] The basic subdivisions of Illinois are the 102 counties. [2] Illinois has more units of local government than any other state—over 8,000 in all. [3]

  6. Administrative divisions of Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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    Towns may choose to engage in zoning or provide more services, however, overlapping with those provided by the county. In most cases, towns provide limited services and thus town residents often pay lower taxes than their city or village counterparts. Some towns have been authorized to exercise village powers, increasing their authority. [1]

  7. Town - Wikipedia

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    In Denmark, in many contexts no distinction is made between "city", "town" and "village"; all three translate as by. In more specific use, for small villages and hamlets the word landsby (meaning 'country town') is used, while the Danish equivalent of English city is storby (meaning 'large town').

  8. Village - Wikipedia

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    The most intensive is the migration "citycity". Approximately 46% of all migrated people have changed their residence from one city to another. The share of the migration processes "villagecity" is significantly less – 23% and "cityvillage" – 20%. The migration "villagevillage" in 2002 is 11%. [23] It also stated that

  9. Incorporated town - Wikipedia

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    Illinois's standard law on municipalities came into effect on July 1, 1872, and does not provide for the incorporation of municipal towns. Since the Municipal Code provides a standard way for citizens to incorporate a new city or village, but not a town, incorporated towns are far less common than city and village municipalities in Illinois.