Urban areas

thumb|upright=1.35|New York City|New York has garnered the nickname Metropolis to describe the city in the daytime in popular culture, contrasting with Gotham, sometimes used to describe New York at night. thumb|upright=1.35|Skyline of Jakarta, the world's most populous metropolis thumb|upright=1.35|Skyline of London, which was once the [[metropole of the British Empire]]

city which is an important node in the global economy

large area with high population density and infrastructure of built environment

INSEE term for non-rural communities; continuous built-up area with no more than 200 metres between two buildings and with at least 2,000 inhabitants

the physical separation of two or more groups into different neighborhoods

statistical area in France

phenomenon in political science