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See all EU institutions and bodiesThis metadata refers to the Functional Urban Area (FUA) boundaries. A FUA consists of a city and its commuting zone. Functional urban areas therefore consist of a densely inhabited city and a less densely populated commuting zone whose labour market is highly integrated with the city.
Datasets
Functional Urban Area (FUA) boundaries, Dec. 2020GeopackageSHP
Temporal coverage: 2017
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