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| Communes in the main population and employment centre of a functional area Communes in a secondary population and employment centre of a functional area Communes in the commuting zone of a functional area (functional areas with more than 700,000 inhabitants) Communes in the commuting zone of a functional area (functional areas between 200,000 and 700,000 inhabitants) Communes in the commuting zone of a functional area (functional areas between 50,000 and 200,000 inhabitants) Communes in the commuting zone of a functional area (functional areas with less than 50,000 inhabitants) Communes outside of functional areas |
An aire d'attraction d'une ville[note 1] (or AAV, literally meaning "catchment area of a city") is a statistical area used by France's national statistics office INSEE since 2020, officially translated as functional area in English by INSEE,[2] which consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and the surrounding exurbs, towns and intervening rural areas that are socioeconomically tied to the central urban agglomeration, as measured by commuting patterns.[1] INSEE's functional area (AAV) is therefore akin to what is most often called metropolitan area in English.
- ^ a b "Le nouveau zonage en aires d'attraction des villes". INSEE. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ^ "Functional areas - Definition". INSEE. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
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