Glossary:Intermediate region

Official and common term: Intermediate region; Plural: Intermediate regions

Short definition: intermediate regions form part of the urban-rural typology, they are NUTS level 3 regions where more than 50 % and up to 80 % of the population live in urban clusters.

Further information

• See Chapter 5 of Eurostat's Territorial typologies manual

Related concepts

• Predominantly urban region
• Predominantly rural region
• Urban-rural typology

Statistical data

• Rural development > Data