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Record 1 2015-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Census
  • Statistical Surveys
CONT

The term "fringe" includes all population centres within a CMA [census metropolitan area] or CA [census agglomeration] that have less than 10,000 persons and are not contiguous with the core or secondary core.

OBS

urban fringe: [term replaced by] "fringe" ... for the 2011 Census.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recensement
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
CONT

Le terme «banlieue» inclut tous les centres de population à l'intérieur d'une RMR [région métropolitaine de recensement] ou d'une AR [agglomération de recensement] qui ont moins de 10 000 habitants et qui ne sont pas adjacents au noyau ou au noyau secondaire.

OBS

banlieue urbaine : [terme remplacé par] «banlieue» [...] pour le Recensement de 2011.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Planning
  • Urban Development
DEF

suburbs: The country lying immediately outside a town or city; more particularly, those residential parts belonging to a town or city that lie immediately outside and adjacent to its walls or boundaries.

DEF

suburbs: the residential area on the outskirts of a city or large town.

OBS

suburbs: collective, plural.

OBS

suburb: collective, singular: Any of such residential parts, having a definite designation, boundary, or organization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement urbain
  • Développement urbain
DEF

Ensemble des localités administrativement autonomes qui environnent un centre urbain et participent à son existence.

OBS

Noter que le terme «banlieue» ne s'emploie pas comme nom individuel; quand il faut désigner une ville en particulier faisant partie de la banlieue, il faut dire «municipalité de banlieue». Verdun est une municipalité de banlieue mais n'est pas «une» banlieue de Montréal.

OBS

«A suburb» est «une municipalité ou commune de banlieue» et les «suburbs» forment «la banlieue».

OBS

péripole : néologisme didactique et savant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Planificación urbana
  • Ordenación urbana
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