former village

C774
concept

A former village is a once-inhabited settlement that has lost its status or population as a village, often due to abandonment, depopulation, or administrative reclassification.

All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
former populated place 138
former settlement 85
former village canonical 79

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: former village
Generated description
A former village is a once-inhabited settlement that has lost its status or population as a village, often due to abandonment, depopulation, or administrative reclassification.

Instances (349)

Instance Via concept surface
Matteawan, New York
Brunswick Town former settlement
Mancunium former populated place
Vosporo former populated place
Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe former settlement
Fleury-devant-Douaumont destroyed village
Ornes destroyed village
Cumières-le-Mort-Homme destroyed village
Haumont-près-Samogneux destroyed village
Beaumont-en-Verdunois destroyed village
Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre destroyed village
Panticapaion former populated place
Severian lands former populated place
Staple Hill
Phanagoria former populated place
Bezonvaux destroyed village
Jug Tavern former populated place
Jeremie, Saint-Domingue
surface form: Jérémie, Saint-Domingue
former populated place
Sinepuxent, Maryland former populated place
Aldenville former populated place
Illinoistown former populated place
Zesgehuchten
Rottluff, Chemnitz, Kingdom of Saxony
Perthes-lès-Hurlus destroyed village
Abersychan former industrial village
Parrtown former populated place
Overschie
Brattahlíð former settlement
Port Gilbert former populated place
Placer former populated place
Lundenwic former populated place
Zorah former populated place
Fisherton
Aminona
Oologah, Indian Territory, United States former populated place
village of Ležáky
surface form: Ležáky
former settlement
Smith’s Landing former populated place
Bedhampton
Store Frøen, Aker, Norway former rural area
Diospolis Magna former populated place
Rust
surface form: Rust, California
former settlement
Yamit region former populated place
Bay Chimo former settlement
Lemieux
Île aux Marins former settlement
Fox River Valley Gardens, Illinois
Anagnia former populated place
Aletrium former populated place
Trimythous former populated place
Oderin Island former settlement