[Talk-GB] place=village/town/city

[Killyfole and District Development Association]

Hi all,

In Northern Ireland we have a government body called the Northern Ireland 
Statistics and Research Agency, who work with the census data to determine the 
size and definition of a settlement - http://www.nisra.gov.uk/

Do you not have the same in the rest of the UK?

Usually when they publish a report on settlements the local newspapers write 
an article about it, the last report I read was of settlements being 
downgraded due to a decline in population.  The newspaper concluded that mass 
emigration of young people was to blame.  It was quite the talking point!

Clive