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Urban District. Linnainmaa, an urban district in the city of Tampere, Finland. Urban district may refer to: District. Urban area. Quarter (urban subdivision) Neighbourhood. Specific subdivisions in some countries: Urban districts of Denmark.
- Urban district (England and Wales)
In England and Wales, an urban district was a type of local...
- List of districts of Germany
Germany is divided into 402 administrative districts. These...
- Urban districts of Germany
In Germany an Urban District (German: Kreisfreie Stadt or...
- Urban district (England and Wales)
In England and Wales, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected urban district council (UDC), which shared local government responsibilities with a county council.
Urban areas consist of a densely-settled urban core, plus surrounding developed areas that meet certain density criteria. Since urban areas are composed of census blocks and not cities, counties, or county-equivalents, urban area boundaries may consist of partial areas of these political units.
Germany is divided into 402 administrative districts. These consist of 295 rural districts (Landkreise), [1] listed fully here, and 107 urban districts (Kreisfreie Städte / Stadtkreise) - cities which constitute a district in their own right. District.
- Lower Saxony
- Saarland
- Saxony
¹ following the "Göttingen Law" of January 1 1964, the town of Göttingen is incorporated into the district (Landkreis) of Göttingen, but the rules on urban districts still apply, as long as no other rules exist. ² following the "Law on the region of Hannover", Hannover counts since November 1 2001as an urban district as long as no other rules apply...
There are no longer any urban districts. The town of Saarbrücken used to be an urban district but became incorporated into the Saarbrücken Town Federation on January 1 1974.
1The urban districts of Görlitz, Hoyerswerda, Plauen und Zwickau lost their status as „Kreisfreie Stadt“ on 1st July 2008 in a reform of Saxony's districts.
An urban area is an area where many people live and work close together. The population density is higher than in the surrounding area. It is where buildings are close together. Urban is the opposite of rural, where farm lands and nature are. Urban areas are usually cities and towns.
urban district (plural urban districts) (historical) a type of local government district, which was created in 1894 in urbanised areas of England and Wales outside boroughs, and in 1898 in Ireland. Abolished in 1974 except those in the Republic of Ireland, which were retitled as towns in 2002.
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