tettsted.
A built-up area (i.e. a city, town or village), (per Nordic definition a locality with at least 200 inhabitants and up to 200 metres in Denmark, Sweden and Finland, or 50 metres in Norway, between the buildings; if two building are located further away from each other, they are not located in the same locality)
Meaning & usage
A built-up area (i.e. a city, town or village), (per Nordic definition a locality with at least 200 inhabitants and up to 200 metres in Denmark, Sweden and Finland, or 50 metres in Norway, between the buildings; if two building are located further away from each other, they are not located in the same locality)
Tettstedet Oslo passerte en million innbyggere i slutten av 2018.
Where this word comes from
From tett + sted, a calque of Swedish tätort.
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