Mikkalai,
I understand exactly what you mean by urban settlements. But after 1990, when a law was adopted about the local autonomies "of cities and communes", they simply became referred to as cities. This is how they appear in the official statistics and in legislation. Dc76\talk 19:13, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
AtomAtom, please stop it. Dc76\talk 19:45, 10 March 2008 (UTC)