Article 3 (1) establishes minimum and maximum land areas of land plots allotted for individual housing construction as follows: in rural areas minimum land area – 0,10 ha, maximum – 0,25 ha; in urban areas minimum land area 0,06 ha, maximum – 0,25 ha.
zone urbaine
Urban areas as defined by the Census Bureau are densely-populated areas with at least 50,000 people ("urbanized areas") and densely-populated areas with 2,500 to 50,000 people ("urban clusters").