Editing Norfolk (section)

==Settlements==
{{see also|List of places in Norfolk|List of settlements in Norfolk by population}}

[[File:Flag of Norwich.svg|thumb|Flag of Norwich]]

Norfolk's county town and only [[city status in the United Kingdom|city]] is [[Norwich]], one of the largest settlements in England during the [[Normans|Norman era]]. Norwich is home to the [[University of East Anglia]], and is the county's main business and culture centre. Other principal towns include the port town of [[King's Lynn]] and the seaside resort and Broads gateway town of [[Great Yarmouth]].

Based on the 2011 Census<ref name="BUA">{{cite web |title=2011 Census – Built-up areas |url=http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/747.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921045319/http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/747.aspx |archive-date=21 September 2013 |access-date=7 August 2013 |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics|ONS]] |df=dmy-all}}</ref> the county's largest centres of population are:
[[Norwich]] (213,166),
[[Great Yarmouth]] (63,434),
[[King's Lynn]] (46,093),
[[Thetford, Norfolk|Thetford]] (24,883),
[[Dereham]] (20,651),
[[Wymondham]] (13,587),
[[North Walsham]] (12,463),
[[Attleborough]] (10,549),
[[Downham Market]] (9,994),
[[Diss, Norfolk|Diss]] (9,829),
[[Fakenham]] (8,285),
[[Cromer]] (7,749),
[[Sheringham]] (7,367)
and [[Swaffham]] (7,258).
There are also several smaller [[market town]]s: [[Aylsham]] (6,016), [[Harleston, Norfolk|Harleston]] (4,458) and [[Holt, Norfolk|Holt]] (3,810).

Much of the county remains rural in nature and Norfolk is believed to have around [[List of lost settlements in Norfolk|200 lost settlements]] which have been largely or totally depopulated since the medieval period. These include places lost to coastal erosion, agricultural [[enclosure]], depopulation and the establishment of the [[Stanford Training Area]] in 1940.