A periphery, (Fr: couronne) is an INSEE (French demographic statistics institution) statistical area designating a commuter belt around an urban unit (Fr:...

urbaine), i.e. the urban area (pôle urbain) and the commuter belt (couronne périurbaine) surrounding it. (Note: the area shown in red and pink in the map...

and mid-sized cities in France with a banlieue have developed a couronne périurbaine (in English: peri-urban ring). Communities in the countryside beyond...

from study of the localised preservation of the character of the couronne périurbaine (around-town crown) surrounding Paris, and a movement to expand instead...