Morphological division of Île-de-France

[Situation 2017] Own production at the Paris Region Institute, the 2017 morphological breakdown is the result of an internal methodology. It includes 7 morphological sectors: The center of the Paris agglomeration Communes or arrondissements of the Paris agglomeration (main agglomeration of the Île-de- France) very urbanized and very dense, meeting the two following criteria:the rate of urbanized spaces must be greater than or equal to 95%.the human density in built urban spaces must be greater than or equal to 300 individuals per hectare (ind/ha).Dense communities in the Paris conurbation Urbanized and dense municipalities of the Paris agglomeration, meeting the following requirements: the rate of urbanized spaces must be greater than or equal to 80% human density in urban spaces must be greater than or equal to 100 individuals per hectare. The other predominantly urbanized municipalities of the Paris agglomeration Municipalities of the central agglomeration moderately urbanized and moderately dense, meeting under the following conditions:the rate of urbanized spaces must be greater than or equal to 65%the human density in urban spaces must be greater than or equal to 30 individuals per year 'hectare. Other agglomerationsOther sparsely urbanized or sparsely populated municipalities that are not part of the previous sectors but which are included in the Paris agglomeration defined by INSEE. The main municipalities of secondary agglomerations Main municipalities with moderately dense agglomerations which do not belong to the urban unit of Paris of 2008 (in the INSEE sense) with a human density at least equal to 30 individuals per hectare and human activity (population + employment in 2016) greater than or equal to 5,000 individuals.Other municipalities in secondary agglomerationsOther agglomerated municipalities that do not belong to the urban unit of Paris in 2008. The rural municipalitiesThe set of remaining municipalities constitutes the rural area. These are rural municipalities which, according to the INSEE definition, do not belong to an urban unit.Consult metadata