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Urban area
Definition
Urban area: an urban area or a " big urban area " is a set of municipalities, all in one block and without enclave, constituted by an urban pole of more than 10 000 jobs, and by rural districts or an urban units ( outer-urban crown) among which at least 40 % of the resident population having an employment works in the pole or in the municipalities attracted by it.
The 2010 zoning of urban areas also distinguishes:
- The " average areas ", of municipalities, all in one block and without enclave, constituted by a pole from 5 000 to 10 000 jobs, and by rural districts or urban units among which at least 40 % of the resident population having an employment works in the pole or in the municipalities attracted by this one.
- The " small areas ", collection of municipalities, all in one block and without enclave, constituted by a pole from 1 500 to 5 000 jobs, and by rural districts or urban units among which at least 40 % of the population having an employment works in the pole or in the municipalities attracted by this one.
