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
Pentele
Dertosa former populated place
Twechar former mining village
Sozopolis in Pisidia former populated place
Bosemb, East Prussia former settlement
Cölln former settlement
Langley former village name
Manti, Fremont County, Iowa, United States former settlement
Manti, Iowa former settlement
Orgreave, South Yorkshire former mining village
Old Ryazan former populated place
Budzanów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary former settlement
Eclanum former populated place
Watchemoket, Rhode Island
Moron former populated place
Siding No. 2 former settlement
Seleucia in Isauria former populated place
Corsignano former settlement
Hog Town former populated place
Scituate, Plymouth Colony former settlement
Wiltwyck former settlement
Maffersdorf
Chantecoq
Lancaster
surface form: Lancaster (former name of Stockton, Missouri)
former populated place
Otomari former settlement
Capel Celyn former rural community
Oosterhoogebrug
Poseidonia former populated place
Seatco former populated place
Columbia Heights former populated place
Cawson’s former settlement
Millerton former settlement
Zona former populated place
al-Qastal depopulated village
Aldrington
South Stifford
Gangra in Paphlagonia former populated place
Citium (Latinized form)
surface form: Citium
former populated place
Ketley former industrial village
Red River Settlement former populated place
Ramsayville former populated place
Morgantina archaeological site former populated place
Obergum
Shepherd’s Falls former populated place
San Mateo Tlaltenango
Andautonia former populated place
Pavonia former populated place
Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts)
surface form: Salem Village
Cambridge Farms former settlement