Land consolidation for rural residential areas has been one of important ways to realize the balancebetween occupation of cultivated land and its supplement and improve the environment of peasants'life andproduction and the construction of new countryside.By taking Mayang County as a study area

8driving factors of rural residential area consolidation are selected based on economical

social and natural factors in study area.By using SPSS software and principal component analysis method

the comprehensive score of everyvillage and town is calculated and the actual situation of villages and towns is incorporated to divide the consolidation areas and search its sequence.Results show that the comprehensive score for the villages andtowns in the plain and the areas with better economic development is higher than that in mountainous areaand the areas with weaker economy.The rest in hilly areas are in the middle level.Accordingly

MayangCounty is divided into three consolidation areas of gradesⅠ，ⅡandⅢand then some corresponding measures are put forward for each grade.The study provides reliable reference for the governments to take measures and select the rural land consolidation planning.