end of Year Geography Quiz, Question 47:

[gh]

47. What, officially, is the difference between a town and a city, and between a village and a hamlet?

[wineturtle]

:wink:

[Double R Bar]

I've read this before somewhere. A city has a cathedral while a village has a church. A town does not have a cathedral, but can have a church. I think it's something like that.

[tandfman]

Re: end of Year Geography Quiz, Question 47:

47. What, officially, is the difference between . . . a village and a hamlet?

A hamlet has a tragic ending. Some villages turn out ok.

[Double R Bar]

Maybe a hamlet doesn't have a church.

[tandfman]

Only a village is entitled to an idiot?

[Double R Bar]

I've seen them in cities as well.

[gh]

I've read this before somewhere. A city has a cathedral while a village has a church. A town does not have a cathedral, but can have a church. I think it's something like that.

yes, something like that

[bad hammy]

Only a village is entitled to an idiot?

I've seen them in cities as well.

Every single damn day . . .

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No 48-49-50 until somebody pins this down more precisely.

[Double R Bar]

A city would have a cathedral while a town has a church (no large cathedral). A village has a church while a hamlet is too small to have a church. So, the city is the largest, then a town, next a village, and finally the hamlet.

[wineturtle]

Re: end of Year Geography Quiz, Question 47:

47. What, officially, is the difference between a town and a city, and between a village and a hamlet?

sitting out but have to ask- gh do we need one progression for 4 or
2 answers hamlet>village and town> ?

[ed gee]

A city has all three of the following: a cathedral, a university and 100,000+ inhabitants. A town can have two or less of the above, plus a market. Villages have a church, hamlets do not.

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47. A city has a cathedral and a town doesn't. And, as Bill Bryson once explained, a village is a small town and a hamlet is a play by William Shakespeare. Actually, a village has a church and a hamlet doesn't.

[bambam1729]

47. A city has a cathedral and a town doesn't. And, as Bill Bryson once explained, a village is a small town and a hamlet is a play by William Shakespeare. Actually, a village has a church and a hamlet doesn't.

What's the "official" difference between a cathedral and a church???