The aire urbaine (French for "urban area") is a statistical region created by the INSEE (National statistics bureau of France) that is comprised by a commuter belt surrounding a contiguous urban core. As defined, it is similar (though not identical) to the more general term, "metropolitan area", used in English. The aire urbaine is a demographic unit that is based on France's nation-wide map of abutting communes (municipalities).

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  • The aire urbaine (French for "urban area") is a statistical region created by the INSEE (National statistics bureau of France) that is comprised by a commuter belt surrounding a contiguous urban core. As defined, it is similar (though not identical) to the more general term, "metropolitan area", used in English. The aire urbaine is a demographic unit that is based on France's nation-wide map of abutting communes (municipalities). It centers on a core of communes that represents a distinct and unified connurbation, a zone of economically- and socially-interdependent communities displaying interconnected and unbroken urban growth. This center forms a "pole of attraction" for a "periurban ring" or "commuter belt". Communes having at least 40% of their resident populations commuting back and forth to the pôle urbain, or commuting to other communes having the same relation to the pôle urbain, are defined as being part of the aire urbaine commuter belt. The result is a precise demographic map of a center of urban growth and its socio-economic reach into the surrounding area. Note that there is a slight difference between a pôle urbain and another commonly-used demographic term, the unité urbaine. The unité urbaine is a contiguous urban area supporting at least five thousand jobs, and the pôle urbain is an urban area not contained within the couronne périurbaine of any other pôle urbain. The following is a list of the fifteen largest urban areas of France, based on population data gathered at the 1999 census: Aire urbaine Population(March 1999) Yearly percent change(1990-1999) 01- Paris 02- Lyon 03- Marseille 04- Lille(figures do not include the part of Lille'smetropolitan area which lies on Belgian territory) 05- Toulouse 06- Nice 07- Bordeaux 08- Nantes 09- Strasbourg(figures do not include the part of Strasbourg'smetropolitan area which lies on German territory, see Eurodistrict) 10- Toulon 11- Douai-Lens – 0.17% 12- Rennes 13- Rouen 14- Grenoble 15- Montpellier
  • Qui di seguito viene riportata una lista delle principali aree metropolitane di Francia per popolazione (Stime Insee relative al 1999) :
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  • The aire urbaine (French for "urban area") is a statistical region created by the INSEE (National statistics bureau of France) that is comprised by a commuter belt surrounding a contiguous urban core. As defined, it is similar (though not identical) to the more general term, "metropolitan area", used in English. The aire urbaine is a demographic unit that is based on France's nation-wide map of abutting communes (municipalities).
  • Qui di seguito viene riportata una lista delle principali aree metropolitane di Francia per popolazione (Stime Insee relative al 1999) :
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  • Aire urbaine
  • Aree metropolitane francesi
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