Gość: mich IP: *.olsztyn.mm.pl 22.09.08, 23:40 What's difference between city and town? Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś czytaj wygodnie posty
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. Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
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. Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś