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functional urban area

statistical measure of a metropolitan area
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functional urban area

Summary

functional urban area is a statistical definition[1]. It draws 92 Wikipedia views per month (statistical_definition category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • functional urban area authored European Commission[3].
  • functional urban area authored Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development[4].
  • functional urban area's instance of is recorded as statistical definition[5].
  • functional urban area's subclass of is recorded as statistical territorial entity[6].
  • functional urban area's said to be the same as is recorded as metropolitan area[7].
  • functional urban area's has part is recorded as city[8].
  • functional urban area's has part is recorded as Commuting zone[9].
  • +2011-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of functional urban area[10].
  • functional urban area's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h3xyl[11].
  • functional urban area's described at URL is recorded as https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Territorial_typologies_manual_-_cities,_commuting_zones_and_functional_urban_areas[12].
  • functional urban area's described at URL is recorded as https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3859598/8012444/KS-GQ-17-006-EN-N.pdf/a3f1004f-cfae-4cc4-87da-81d588d67ae2?t=1494488279000[13].
  • functional urban area's described at URL is recorded as https://stat.gov.pl/statystyka-regionalna/jednostki-terytorialne/unijne-typologie-terytorialne-tercet/funkcjonalne-obszary-miejskie-fua/[14].
  • functional urban area's described at URL is recorded as https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/focus/2012_01_city.pdf[15].
  • functional urban area's described at URL is recorded as https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Glossary:Functional_urban_area[16].
  • functional urban area's described at URL is recorded as https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Applying_the_degree_of_urbanisation_manual_-_Extensions_to_level_1_of_the_classification[17].
  • functional urban area's described at URL is recorded as https://wayback.archive-it.org/12090/20231229053634/https://cros-legacy.ec.europa.eu/system/files/bg-item3j-recommendation-e.pdf[18].
  • functional urban area's described at URL is recorded as https://doi.org/10.1787/d58cb34d-en[19].
  • functional urban area's described at URL is recorded as https://www.czerwionka-leszczyny.pl/download/MOF-diagnoza-i-delimitacja,54.pdf[20].
  • functional urban area's different from is recorded as Q126112633[21].

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Works and Contributions

Authored works include European Commission[3], an institutions of the European Union[22], in Belgium[23], founded in 1958[24], headquartered in Brussels[25] and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development[4], an international organization[26], in France[27], founded in 1948[28], headquartered in Paris[29].

Why It Matters

functional urban area draws 92 Wikipedia views per month (statistical_definition category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . oecd.org. oecd.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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