The Paris aire urbaine (or "metropolitan area") is a statistical area that describes the reach of commuter movement to and from Paris and its surrounding urban area. The aire urbaine, a statistical area created by France's INSEE economy and census institution to describe suburban development around centres of urban growth, is composed of a couronne périurbaine (commuter belt) surrounding a more densely-constructed and densely-populated unité urbaine (or "urban area"). At present the Paris aire urbaine, with its 14,549 km², extends slightly beyond Paris' administrative Île-de-France administrative region, or "Paris Region".
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