Ideally the settlement would automatically extend to competitors, but I understand that's not possible.

The oldest village lay at the foot of the church, and later, the settlement extended to the hills and along the streets.

In late Neolithic, their settlement extends from shores to the hills nearby.

By the 15th century, the town had become too confined within the old walls, so settlement extended to the hill to the south.

Moreover there was no sign that the settlement extended on to the plateau as he and Calvert had expected.

The first written mention of Zborovice is from 1276, but settlement in the area extends far further into the past.

The settlement extended on both sides of the river.

The settlement extends along the north side of the fjord beside the fishing port and fish factories.

Russian settlements extended as far as Iturup in the 18th century.

But this was at a time when our settlements had not extended beyond the tide water.