[DREAL OCCITANIA] Urban areas in Occitania

An urban area or “large urban area” is a group of municipalities, of a single contiguous and enclave, consisting of an urban pole (urban unit) with more than 10,000 jobs, and by rural municipalities or urban units (periurban crown) of which at least 40 % of the resident population in employment works in the pole or in municipalities attracted by it. Zoning in urban areas 2010 also distinguishes: — “medium areas”, a group of municipalities, of a single enclave and without enclave, consisting of a cluster (urban unit) of 5 000 to 10 000 jobs, and by rural municipalities or urban units of which at least 40 % of the resident population in employment work in the pole or in municipalities attracted by it. — “small areas”, a group of municipalities, of a single enclave and without enclave, consisting of a cluster (urban unit) of 1 500 to 5 000 jobs, and by rural municipalities or urban units of which at least 40 % of the resident population in employment work in the pole or in municipalities attracted by it. Urban areas, dated 2010, were established with reference to the known population of the 2008 census and the geography of the territory as of January 1, 2010.