tightly/closely/densely situated

None of those really sounds right; it may be the fault of 'situated'. Or it may be the concept: you may have a city on your hands.

Oh...I am open to suggestions. I thought that "situated" could sound odd in this context. What do you suggest?

The villages in this part of the country are quite close together.

Would "The villages in this part of the country are close to one another" and "The villages in this part of the country are near one another"? The second sentence sounds odd to me, I don't know why. What do you think?

Thank you both

Both sound ok but I'd use the first.

Does "densely" suggests a shorter distance than "tightly"? Macmillan Dictionary says "A dense network of towns and cities."

Gene93Does "densely" suggests a shorter distance than "tightly"? Macmillan Dictionary says "A dense network of towns and cities."

Then why don't you just use that? 'In this part of the country is a dense network of villages'.

Because I didn't want to copy the dictionary's example. I see that you don't like "situated" in this context. Does "located" sound any better or? What verb would you suggest I use?

Do you think that "densely" implies a shorter distance than "tightly" in this context? I hope you don't mind my questions.

Gene93Because I didn't want to copy the dictionary's example.

Why not? That's what dictionary examples are for.

Because I think that copying and understanding something are very, very different. Using that example would have made everything much easier and I prefer to do things the hard way. It appeared that "situate" didn't fit the context. Could you, please, tell me what makes the use of the verb inappropriate here?

Macmillan says that buildings are usually situated somewhere, not villages, towns