塊かい村そん

noun

agglomerated village; clustered settlement

Technical term in geography and rural studies for a village where houses are grouped closely together, as opposed to a dispersed settlement pattern.

• 日本にほんの農のう村そんには、塊かい村そんと散さん村そんの二ふたつの集しゅう落らく形けい態たいが見みられる。

  In Japanese rural areas, two settlement patterns can be observed: agglomerated villages and dispersed settlements.