City or town?

IP: *.olsztyn.mm.pl 22.09.08, 23:40
What's difference between city and town?
    • Gość: polishhamster Re: City or town? IP: 62.69.217.* 23.09.08, 16:50
      Sorry if Jonathan has missed this but I think I know the answer:

      a city in the UK is a usually a place with a cathedral (officially). Therefore,
      quite a small place can be a city. I think Ely in Cambridgeshire is a good
      example. As far as I know (but I haven't checked because I'm lazy) Ely has about
      6000 inhabitants but because it has a big cathedral it is officially a city. And
      some big towns are not officially cities because they haven't got a cathedral.
      I'm sure Wikipedia has the answer!! But anyway, when you're speaking to someone
      I think most people understand a city to be bigger than a town and a town to be
      bigger than a village. So for example in Poland Poznan would be a city and
      Kazimierz Dolny would be a town, and in England, Leicester would be a city and
      Kettering would be a town.
      • jonathan.oakley Re: City or town? 23.09.08, 17:04
        Good answer! I can add a little to this: a city can also gain its
        status on the basis of size (size does matter sometimes!!)importance
        or royal connection. Though-as you rightly say-the traditional test
        was whether the town has a cathedral.
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