The subject of this paper is a description of the type of local identity evinced by residents of contemporary towns and cities. It is based on the results of surveys conducted among people from small towns (of up to 50,000 inhabitants) on their sense of a bond with the town they come from and/or live in. The purpose of the research is to reveal the dominant type of opinion and feeling among inhabitants of small towns with regard to their ‘small homeland’, and also to explore how this relationship depends on sociological variables (age, gender, education, employment). The results obtained help to define those aspects of world view and emotions which build a sense of local identity, and which of them are universal or depend on the abovementioned variables.
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