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<font size="2"><b>On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:58:14 +0200, Mathias Versichele wrote</b>
<br />> Am I
the only one that thinks it's a little 'artificial' to base the
difference between a 'place=city' and 'place=town' on the
population (>100.000 and <100.000 resp.) ? Right now a lot of cities (one
example: Dendermonde) are tagged as towns, which doesn't combine well with
the administrative reality...
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<br /></font><font size="2">> Oh, and I repeat the same
question I posted earlier: has anyone thought of contacting natuurpunt ?
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<br />> Mathias
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<br />> Mathias Versichele
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milieutechnologie / Msc. geografie
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Zele
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<br /><font size="2">Hello Mathias,
<br />
<br />indeed, the population size is not the best indication of the place hierarchy.
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<br />In my native region (coal axe, near La Louvière) any village is bigger in population than many 'villes' in France.
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<br />It depends to what information we want to emphasize, but in my opinion, the role of the city is more important that its population size
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<br />Cities of any size have their own 'hinterland', their typical facilities (administrations, tribunal etc.).
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<br />Have a nice day,
<br />
<br />Alain
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