Glossary:Predominantly rural region
Official term: Predominantly rural region; Plural: Predominantly rural regions; Common term: Rural region/rural regions
Short definition: predominantly rural regions form part of the urban-rural typology, they are NUTS level 3 regions where at least 50 % of the population live in rural grid cells.
Further information
- See Chapter 5 of Eurostat's Territorial typologies manual
- Rural development