Urban unit according to INSEE in Sarthe

INSEE zoning comprising a commune or a group of municipalities which includes in its territory a built-up area of at least 2,000 inhabitants where no dwelling is separated from the nearest to more than 200 metres. In addition, each municipality concerned has more than half of its population in this built-up area. The concept of urban unity is based on the continuity of the building and the number of inhabitants. An urban unit is a municipality or group of municipalities with a continuous building area (no cut-off of more than 200 metres between two buildings) with at least 2,000 inhabitants. If the urban unit is located in a single municipality, it is referred to as an isolated city. If the urban unit extends over several municipalities, and each of these municipalities concentrates more than half of its population in the continuous built-up area, it is referred to as a multi-communal agglomeration. New zoning of the Urban Units 2010 carried out with the census of the municipal population in 2008.