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Metropolitan area

A metropolitan area, sometimes referred to as a metro area or metro, is a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing. A metropolitan area usually comprises multiple jurisdictions and municipalities: neighborhoods, townships, cities, exurbs, counties, and even states. As social, economic and political institutions have changed, metropolitan areas have become key economic and political regions. Metropolitan areas, include one or more urban areas, as well as satellite cities and intervening rural areas that are socio-economically ...

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Metropolitan Area

An aire urbaine is an INSEE statistical concept describing a core of urban development and its 'rim' of commuter activity. In spite of its appellation, it is similar in function to many of the world's metropolitan areas.

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metropolitan area

Noun

  1. An area of population usually with a central or core city and surrounding towns or suburbs.


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