Only one settlement may occupy each eligible terrain hexagon.

The modern settlement occupies an area originally named Aithsting during the period of Norse occupation.

Present land use, however showed that settlements and commercial areas already occupy some of the forestlands.

These settlements initially occupied small amounts of land, and there was little conflict between the settlers and Indigenous peoples.

While farmlands and settlements occupy most of the areas along the roadways, the dense forest occupies the majority of its territory.

In Cassadaga, the settlement occupies 57 acres of rolling ground above a pond called Spirit Lake.

A substantial Belgic settlement once occupied the site of the village with an extensive ditched enclosure.

A Pictish settlement occupied the area and large numbers of carved stones, now held in Elgin Museum, were found.

The settlement occupied 812 hectares, compared with 783 in the 1991 census.

An Iron Age fort and settlement once occupied this site .