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This is a list of settlements in Somerset by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021 . In 2011, there were 28 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Somerset , shown in the table below.
This is a list of cities, towns, villages and hamlets in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. Places highlighted in bold type are towns and cities.
The town council is made up of 16 members, [72] and is based at Glastonbury Town Hall, Magdalene Street. The town hall was built in 1814 and has a two-storey late Georgian ashlar front. [73] It is a Grade II* listed building. [74] For local government purposes, since 1 April 2023, Glastonbury comes under the unitary authority of Somerset Council.
The county has two cities, Bath and Wells, and 30 towns (including the county town of Taunton, which has no town council but instead is the chief settlement of the county's only extant borough). The largest urban areas in terms of population are Bath, Weston-super-Mare , Taunton, Yeovil and Bridgwater .
In total, Scotland consists of eight cities, with multiple larger towns, the largest town being Paisley. The section "Localities" contains a list of basic populated areas ordered by population. The section "Settlements" is a list of populated urban areas , some of which are composed of more than one locality, and which may span across the ...
In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, a town traditionally was a settlement which had a charter to hold a market or fair and therefore became a "market town". In Scotland, the equivalent is known as a burgh. There are two types of burgh: royal burghs and burghs of barony.
Somerset is one of 25 communities with a population 3,001-16,000 to ... communities with a population 3,001-16,000 to make Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine’s 13th annual list of Top Adventure Towns.
Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. For local government purposes the geographic county has now been divided into the administrative non-metropolitan county of Somerset and the unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset. This category refers to towns in the geographic county.