Degree of urbanisation

The degree of urbanisation classifies local administrative units (LAUs) as cities, towns and suburbs or rural areas based on a combination of geographical contiguity and population density. This is measured by minimum population thresholds applied to 1 km² population grid cells, where each LAU belongs exclusively to 1 of these 3 classes: cities, towns or suburbs, and rural areas.

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