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A couronne périurbaine, a statistical area devised by the French INSEE
INSEE

INSEE is the France List of national and international statistical services for Statistics and Economic Studies. It collects and publishes information on the Economy of France and society, carrying out the periodic national census....
 demographic statistics institution, describes a commuter belt area around an area of dense habitation (or unité urbaine
Unité urbaine

In France an unit? urbaine is a statistical area defined by INSEE, the French national statistics office, for the measurement of contiguously built-up areas....
 to use the same institution's terminology).

Based on France's commune system (interlocking administrative subdivisions often comparable to counties), a commune is considered part of a couronne périurbaine when






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A couronne périurbaine, a statistical area devised by the French INSEE
INSEE

INSEE is the France List of national and international statistical services for Statistics and Economic Studies. It collects and publishes information on the Economy of France and society, carrying out the periodic national census....
 demographic statistics institution, describes a commuter belt area around an area of dense habitation (or unité urbaine
Unité urbaine

In France an unit? urbaine is a statistical area defined by INSEE, the French national statistics office, for the measurement of contiguously built-up areas....
 to use the same institution's terminology).

Based on France's commune system (interlocking administrative subdivisions often comparable to counties), a commune is considered part of a couronne périurbaine when
  1. it is not densely-constructed enough or is too isolated to be part of any unité urbaine
    Unité urbaine

    In France an unit? urbaine is a statistical area defined by INSEE, the French national statistics office, for the measurement of contiguously built-up areas....
     (or "pôle urbain
    Pôle urbain

    In France, a p?le urbain is a statistical area defined by INSEE for the measurement of contiguously built-up areas. It shares the same definition as a unit? urbaine , but differing in that it is not contained within the couronne p?riurbaine of any other p?le urbain; in other words, a p?le urbain is an urban area that is a co...
    " if it is the core of the agglomeration), and
  2. at least 40% of its population commutes to workplaces in a unité urbaine
    Unité urbaine

    In France an unit? urbaine is a statistical area defined by INSEE, the French national statistics office, for the measurement of contiguously built-up areas....
     or pôle urbain
    Pôle urbain

    In France, a p?le urbain is a statistical area defined by INSEE for the measurement of contiguously built-up areas. It shares the same definition as a unit? urbaine , but differing in that it is not contained within the couronne p?riurbaine of any other p?le urbain; in other words, a p?le urbain is an urban area that is a co...
    , or to another commune connected to a unité urbaine
    Unité urbaine

    In France an unit? urbaine is a statistical area defined by INSEE, the French national statistics office, for the measurement of contiguously built-up areas....
     through the same criteria.