In somewhere like the Pyrenees the nearest civilisation may be a no-horse hamlet two day's walk away.

Peace had been declared between the two warring parties and the brothers could safely return to the nearest civilization.

But remember, we're stuck light-years from the nearest industrial civilization.

Where the nearest civilization is 225 kilometers away, and it's only Des Moines.

It's the nearest civilization to Alejandro's place,' explained Luke.

It's an unlikely place for the nearest civilization.

Sooner or later, it reaches the nearest civilization.

Suppose the nearest civilization on a planet of another star is, say, 200 light-years away.

If they are distributed randomly through space, the distance between us and the nearest civilization should be about 300 light-years.