ABSTRACT
The most interesting phenomena from the point of view of socio-spatial distance are hermits, the grid cells that received the value 1 in the analysis; i.e. they had no inhabited neighbours. Socio-spatially peripheral areas are most numerous in the northern and eastern parts of the country, though they are also frequent in the south and west. Socio-spatially, this is a sign of a detrimental trend, a greater proportion of isolated settlements, since it is the most marginal settlements that are in the greatest danger of disappearing entirely with time. The measured socio-spatial distance may also influence relative distances. could assume that a long distance between neighbours detracts from the number of occupational contacts among farmers, for example, and from occupational solidarity. The method was also applied to the extremes in the age structure, i.e. the groups aged 0–15 years and over 64 years.
