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Hamlet (place)
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This article is about the type of settlement. For other uses, see Hamlet (disambiguation).
A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village.[1][2] This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement.
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Sometimes a hamlet is defined for official or administrative purposes. In that case, its size relative to a parish or other administrative unit will depend on the administration and region.
The word and concept of a hamlet can be traced back to Norman England, where the Old French hamelet came to apply to small human settlements.