A conurbation is an urban area comprising a number of cities, towns and villages which, through population growth and expansion, have physically merged to form one continuous built up area. It is thus a polycentric form of agglomeration.

A metropolitan area usually combines one or several conurbations with peripheral zones not themselves necessarily urban in character, but closely dependent on the conurbation(s) in terms of employment and commerce.

See also

• List of metropolitan areas by population
• Largest cities of the world
• Megacity
• Metropolis
• Suburbs

Urban studies and planning

Konurbáció | Konurbacja | Conurbação | אגד ערים | Konurbasi | Ballungsraum | Conurbación | Conurbation | Conurbatie | Conurbazione