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What is a market town?

Vum FK27 matgedeelt de(n) 25. September 2024 op German (Deutsch).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_town

A “market town” (German Markt) is a center for local trade, larger than a village, but smaller than a town. In Denmark and Northern Germany, they are called Flecken or Freiheit. They are most common in Austria, Bavaria and Switzerland, but also in Czechia (městys=small town), Lithuania and Poland (miasteczko=small town): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Märkte_in_Bayern https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Städte_in_Österreich

For historical reasons, Garmisch-Partenkirchen ist the biggest market town in Bavaria with 27,000 inhabitants, but still marked as village. Villages appear on map level 12 while towns appear on map level 9. A new category of market towns or small towns appearing on level 10 or 11 would be helpful.

Plaz: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Heiliges Römisches Reich (1032-1201)
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Bemierkung vum FK27 de(n) 25. September 2024 um 19:22 Auer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_towns_and_villages_in_Northern_Ireland

In Northern Ireland, they are called “Intermediate settlement” which is a very technical term.

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