Map Viewing Service (WMS) of the dataset: Urban areas in Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur

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.