Conurbation
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A conurbation is an urban area comprising a number of cities or towns which, through population growth and expansion, have physically merged to form one continuous built up area. It is thus a polycentric form of agglomeration.
A metropolitan area usually combines one or several conurbations with peripheral zones not themselves necessarily urban in character, but closely dependent on the conurbation(s) in terms of employment and commerce.
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pl:Konurbacja pt:Conurbação he:אגד ערים id:Konurbasi de:Ballungsraum es:Conurbación fr:Conurbation nl:Conurbatie it:Conurbazione