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Table 2
Functional typology of Polish municipalities
Number of units
Population
Area
Population density
Functional types
No.
%
in ‘000
%
‘000 km 2
%
Persons / sq. km
1. Urban functional cores of provincial capitals
33
1.3
9557
24.8
4.72
1.5
2025
2. Outer zones of urban functional areas of provincial capitals
266
10.7
4625
12.0
27.87
8.9
166
3. Cores of the urban areas of subregional centres
55
2.2
4446
11.6
3.39
1.1
1312
4. Outer zones of urban areas of subregional centres
201
8.1
2409
6.3
21.38
6.8
113
5. Multifunctional urban centres
147
5.9
3938
10.2
10.39
3.3
379
6. Communes having pronounced transport function
138
5.6
1448
3.8
20.06
6.4
72
7. Communes having pronounced non-agricultural functions
222
9.0
1840
4.8
33.75
10.8
55
8. Communes with intensive farming function
411
16.6
2665
6.9
55.59
17.8
48
9. Communes with moderate farming function
749
30.2
5688
14.8
93.83
30.0
61
10. Communes featuring extensive development
257
10.4
1878
4.9
41.59
13.3
45
Totals for Poland
2479
100
38,495
100
312.59
100
123
Source: ´
Sleszy´ nski and Komornicki (2016)