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26-460: The former municipality Mechelen-Bovelingen consisted of the hamlets Mechelen, Bovelingen, and the now disappeared Pepingen. Because of increasing linear settlement , the hamlets of Mechelen and Bovelingen are no longer recognizable as separate entities. Until 1971 Mechelen-Bovelingen was a separate municipality with 1,300 inhabitants. From 1971 to 1977 it was a deelgemeente (sub-municipality) of Bovelingen together with Rukkelingen-Loon . In 1977

52-567: A Geographic Names Information System that defines three classes of human settlement: Populated places may be specifically defined in the context of censuses and be different from general-purpose administrative entities, such as "place" as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau or census-designated places . In the field of geospatial predictive modeling , a settlement is "a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work". The Global Human Settlement Layer ( GHSL ) framework produces global spatial information about

78-508: A National Register of Populated places (NRPP). The Canadian government uses the term "populated place" in the Atlas of Canada , but does not define it. Statistics Canada uses the term localities for historically named locations. The Croatian Bureau of Statistics records population in units called settlements ( naselja ) . The Census Commission of India has a special definition of census towns . The Central Statistics Office (CSO) of

104-725: A populated place as "a named settlement with a population of 200 or more persons". The Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia used the term localities for rural areas, while the Australian Bureau of Statistics uses the term "urban centres/localities" for urban areas. The Agency for Statistics in Bosnia and Herzegovina uses the term "populated place" / "settled place" for rural (or urban as an administrative center of some Municipality/City), and "Municipality" and "City" for urban areas. The Bulgarian Government publishes

130-440: A simplistic understanding of the process of urban growth and ignoring the human factor in design , resulting in inefficiency and limited growth potential. Human settlement In geography , statistics and archaeology , a settlement , locality or populated place is a community of people living in a particular place . The complexity of a settlement can range from a minuscule number of dwellings grouped together to

156-432: A special type of cultural-historical landscape studies. Settlements can be ordered by size, centrality or other factors to define a settlement hierarchy . A settlement hierarchy can be used for classifying settlement all over the world, although a settlement called a "town" in one country might be a "village" in other countries; or a "large town" in some countries might be a "city" in others. Geoscience Australia defines

182-599: Is a related designation used in the United States. The earliest geographical evidence of a human settlement was Jebel Irhoud , where early modern human remains of eight individuals date back to the Middle Paleolithic around 300,000 years ago. The oldest remains that have been found of constructed dwellings are remains of huts that were made of mud and branches around 17,000 BC at the Ohalo site (now underwater) near

208-541: Is in contrast with ribbon development , which is the outward spread of an existing town along a main street , and with a nucleated settlement , which is a group of buildings clustered around a central point. Particular types of linear settlements are linear village , chain village , street village ( Polish : ulicówka ; German : Straßendorf , Lithuanian : gatvinis kaimas , French : village-rue ), and some others. Different countries have varying classifications of linear settlements. Sułoszowa , Poland,

234-425: Is notable for its 9 km long, single main street and its thin strips of farm land, inhabited by 6000 people. Linear designs have also been proposed for new city and district development projects, such as Arturo Soria y Mata 's linear city , Michael Graves and Peter Eisenman 's linear city , Madrid 's Ciudad Lineal district, and Saudi Arabia 's The Line . Such designs have been criticized as expressing

260-537: Is processed fully automatically and generates analytics and knowledge reporting objectively and systematically about the presence of population and built-up infrastructures. The GHSL operates in an open and free data and methods access policy (open input, open method, open output). The term "Abandoned populated places" is a Feature Designation Name in databases sourced by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and GeoNames . Sometimes

286-622: The Republic of Ireland has had a special definition of census towns . From the 2022 census of Ireland , the CSO introduced an urban geography unit called " Built Up Areas " (BUAs). The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics records population in units of settlements called Tehsil – an administrative unit derived from the Mughal era. There are various types of inhabited localities in Russia . Statistics Sweden uses

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312-467: The Saint Anne's church. The parish of Rukkelingen split off in 1213. Pepingen had Saint Martin's chapel, renovated in 1623 and 1673. When the domain of the castle expanded, Pepingen lost most of its inhabitants, and the chapel demolished in 1880. Mechelen-Bovelingen was a mainly agricultural village. In the village there was a now disappeared watermill . Along the road to Boekhout there was a windmill in

338-439: The case of settlements built along a route, the route predated the settlement, and then the settlement grew along the transport route. Often, it is only a single street with houses on either side of the road. Mileham , Norfolk, England is an example of this pattern. Later development may add side turnings and districts away from the original main street. Places such as Southport , England developed in this way. A linear settlement

364-499: The culture of sugar beet. It lacked industrial activity, and so it developed into a commuter village. Linear settlement A linear settlement is a (normally small to medium-sized) settlement or group of buildings that is formed in a long line. Many of these settlements are formed along a transport route, such as a road, river, or canal. Others form due to physical restrictions, such as coastlines, mountains, hills or valleys. Linear settlements may have no obvious centre. In

390-566: The edge of the Sea of Galilee . The Natufians built houses, also in the Levant , around 10,000 BC. Remains of settlements such as villages become much more common after the invention of agriculture, The oldest of them is Jarmo , located in Iraq. Landscape history studies the form (morphology) of settlements – for example whether they are dispersed or nucleated . Urban morphology can thus be considered

416-506: The family de Borchgrave d'Altena held on to these four lordships till the end of the Ancien Régime . In 1745 Johannes-Baptista de Borchgrave got the title Graaf van Altena (Count of Altena) from Elector of Bavaria . In 1795 the French authorities united the separate municipalities of Mechelen, Bovelingen and Pepingen into one municipality. Mechelen was the real village in the area, with

442-681: The first half of the 19th century. Both were owned by the lords of the village / owners of the castle. From 1872 till 1956 a râperie ( suikerbietenmaalderij ) of the Wanze Sugar Factory was operational in the village. Here the raw juice was extracted from sugar beet and then sent to the sugar factory in Wanze by pipeline. It employed about 40 people during the campaign, which generally ended in November or December. The village remained essentially rural with some large farms that still specialize in

468-400: The human presence on the planet over time. This in the form of built up maps, population density maps and settlement maps. This information is generated with evidence-based analytics and knowledge using new spatial data mining technologies. The framework uses heterogeneous data including global archives of fine-scale satellite imagery, census data, and volunteered geographic information. The data

494-751: The largest of cities with surrounding urbanized areas . Settlements include hamlets , villages , towns and cities . A settlement may have known historical properties such as the date or era in which it was first settled, or first settled by particular people. The process of settlement involves human migration . In the field of geospatial predictive modeling , settlements are "a city, town, village or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work". A settlement conventionally includes its constructed facilities such as roads , enclosures , field systems , boundary banks and ditches , ponds , parks and woodlands , wind and water mills , manor houses , moats and churches . An unincorporated area

520-464: The short lived Bovelingen municipality became part of Heers municipality, to which the sub-municipality and village Mechelen-Bovelingen now belongs. Mechelen-Bovelingen is on the plateau of Hesbaye , which locally has a height of 70 to 120 m. The village is in the valley of the small Herk (river) , which flows through it towards the north. The brook Grondelingenbeek exits into the Herk just north of

546-565: The southern part of the current Gelindenstraat and a part of the Kloosterstraat. Fastrad was the first known Lord of Pepingen. He died before 1332. In the 14th and 15th century Pepingen was held by the De Werfengeis family, followed by the Schroots family. Pepingen then came to Michel de Borchgrave by marriage. The Lordship Bovelingen was in the southern part of the former municipality. It

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572-408: The structures are still easily accessible, such as in a ghost town , and these may become tourist attractions. Some places that have the appearance of a ghost town, however, may still be defined as populated places by government entities. A town may become a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, because of a government action, such as the building of a dam that floods

598-598: The term localities ( tätort ) for various densely populated places. The common English-language translation is urban areas . The UK Department for Communities and Local Government uses the term "urban settlement" to denote an urban area when analysing census information. The Registrar General for Scotland defines settlements as groups of one or more contiguous localities, which are determined according to population density and postcode areas. The Scottish settlements are used as one of several factors defining urban areas. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has

624-465: The village, as do some other brooks. In the Roman era there was at least one villa in the area. Remnants found were its foundations, pottery fragments and coins, the most recent from Marcus Aurelius (161-180). More foundations, fragments and coins were found elsewhere in the area. The Roman road from Tongeren over Heers to Gembloers crossed the surface of the former municipality. Mechelen-Bovelingen

650-507: Was also known as Schalkhoven. Its first known lord was Jan van Schalkhoven , mentioned in 1390. Bovelingen was later held by the Van den Hoven family. In 1526 it was acquired by Aert Schroots Lord of Pepingen. In 1616 Michel de Borchgrave , who already held Pepingen, also bought Bovelingen. He probably lived at Bovelingen Castle and left Pepingen Castle. In 1619 Michel de Borchgrave also acquired Mechelen and Rukkelingen-Loon. The local branch of

676-502: Was first mentioned in the 12th century as 'Mechlen' and in a romanised form as 'Ma(r)lines'. From the 14th century it was often mentioned as 'Quaedmechelen'. 'Quadt' means common, or small, and was used to distinguish it from the town of Mechelen . Mechelen-Bovelingen was part of the personal domain of the Counts of Loon . It was divided into three lordships : Pepingen, Bovelingen and Mechelen and given to his vassals. Pepingen consisted of

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