Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Built Environment (hierarchy name)
4. Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name)
5. inhabited places
6. [settlements by economic base]

Narrower term/s

• market towns[+]
  • bourgs (market towns)
• market hamlets
• market villages

Anotations

Scope note:

Communities of any size that hold a market or otherwise provide a variety of retail functions for the surrounding area. For larger centers of business and commerce on a grander scale, use "commercial centers (inhabited places)."