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In France an unité urbaine (literally: "urban unit") is a statistical area defined by 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....
, the French national statistics office, for the measurement of contiguously built-up areas. According to the INSEE definition , an "unité urbaine" is a commune alone or a grouping of communes which: a) form a single unbroken spread of urban development, with no distance between habitations greater than 200 metre
Metre

The metre or meter is a Unit of measurement of length. It is the SI base unit of length in the metric system and in the International System of Units , used around the world for general and scientific purposes....
s, and b) have altogether a population greater than 2,000 inhabitants.






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In France an unité urbaine (literally: "urban unit") is a statistical area defined by 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....
, the French national statistics office, for the measurement of contiguously built-up areas. According to the INSEE definition , an "unité urbaine" is a commune alone or a grouping of communes which: a) form a single unbroken spread of urban development, with no distance between habitations greater than 200 metre
Metre

The metre or meter is a Unit of measurement of length. It is the SI base unit of length in the metric system and in the International System of Units , used around the world for general and scientific purposes....
s, and b) have altogether a population greater than 2,000 inhabitants. Communes not belonging to an unité urbaine are considered rural.

The French unité urbaine is a statistical area in accordance with United Nations
United Nations

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 recommendations for the measurement of contiguously built-up areas. Other comparable units in other countries are the United States
United States

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 "Urbanized Area" and the "urban area" definition shared by the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and Canada
Canada

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See also

  • urban area
    Urban area

    An urban area is an area with an increased Population density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be city, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlet ....
  • aire urbaine
    Aire urbaine

    The aire urbaine is an INSEE statistical region comprising a couronne p?riurbaine commuter belt around a contiguous p?le urbain . As it is specifically defined by statistical criteria, it is similar--though not identical--to the more general term of "metropolitan area" used in English....
     a related concept