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Message: <blockquote data-quote="annadobritt" data-source="post: 42007" data-attributes="member: 801">I've been working on a couple of projects that have to do with communities (cities, towns, villages, hamlets) and have a question maybe someone can answer. Does anyone know of a source that gives how many buildings are in a community compared to the population? Also, what would be the percentage of a non-adult population? I know that some buildings served as both a residence and a business, and other buildings would hold a number of families and individuals, but trying to figure this out is driving me nuts! I already know about the Medieval Demographics spreadsheets that are out there.  So if anyone knows of a source please let me know. Now, here's what I came up with:After two nights of mind-boggline and brain-draining work, I came up with the following to determine the numbers and types of buildings in a community and how to divide up the population between them. The small city of Naorlat is what I'm using for the population number. First I found the followinginformation in the Harper Collins Atlas of World History: Córdoba 814ad Population approx. 500,000 471 mosques 213,077 houses for workers and traders 60,000 residences for officials and courtiers 80,455 shops Divide 354,003 by 500,000 to get 71%. I use the 71% to figure out how many buildings there should be based on the population. Types of Buildings: 60% Houses and farms, orchards, etc. 23% Shops and Businesses 14% Nobles and Officials residences 3% Temples, shrines, arenas, barracks, etc 43% of population lives in houses 26% of population lives on farms, etc 15% of population lives in manors, mansions, etc 13% of population lives above or behind businesses 3% of population lives in temples, guilds, universities, barracks, etc. The following numbers come from the Naorlat population of 7215 (small city) # of Buildings 3073 Houses and farms 1178 Shops and Businesses 717 Mansions and Manors 154 Temples, shrines, guilds, barracks, etc. Population breakdown for buildings 3103 of population lives in houses 1876 of population lives on farms, etc 1082 of population lives in manors, mansions 938 of population lives above or behind businesses 216 of population lives in temples, guilds, universities, barracks etc. Does anyone think these are believable numbers for communites in RPGs? Anna M. Dobritt FFN Staff Freelance Cartographer</blockquote>

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