metropolitan area

Also known as metro, metro area, metropolitan, metropolitan region

administrative unit of a dense urban core and its satellite cities

AI overview

A metropolitan area is a region made up of a large, densely populated city at its center surrounded by smaller satellite cities and towns that are closely connected to it. It matters because these interconnected urban areas function as single economic and social systems, affecting how people live, work, and commute across the broader region.

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In the Vinony graph

Within Vinony's link graph, metropolitan area is referenced by 5,260 other articles, and connects out to urban area, metropolitan statistical area and functional urban area.

Vinony files it under Capital cities, Cities and Metropolitan areas.

Its subject is documented across 79 Wikipedia language editions.

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Encyclopedic overview

A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories; which share industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructure and housing. A metropolitan area usually comprises multiple principal cities, jurisdictions and municipalities: neighborhoods, townships, boroughs, cities, towns, exurbs, suburbs, counties, districts and even states and nations in areas like the eurodistricts. As social, economic and political institutions have changed, metropolitan areas have become key economic and political regions.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “metropolitan area” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.