Definition: Metropolitan region

Category: Geographic Information Systems

Single NUTS level 3 region or an aggregation of NUTS level 3 regions in which 50 % or more of the population live in a functional urban area (FUA) that is composed of at least 250 000 inhabitants. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/product?code=KS-GQ-18-008&mode=view
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Eurostat, "Methodological manual on territorial typologies", 2018 Edition, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2019
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