Eurodistrict
A eurodistrict is a European administrative entity that contains urban agglomerations which lie across the border between two or more states. A eurodistrict offers a program for cooperation and integration of the towns or communes which it comprises: for example, improving transport links for people who live and work on different sides of the border. Furthermore, it confers a trans-national regional identity and represents European integration.
Not to be confused with Eurozone or Euroregion.
The first Eurodistricts created or currently undergoing creation are:
They may be established:
Note that transfrontier cooperation methods between regions known as euroregions exist in parallel to eurodistricts, which are generally urban. Furthermore, a eurodistrict can be located within a euroregion and even have certain connections with it.
The term eurodistrict is quite new (text written 2006) and has not been defined by organisations like the Council of Europe or the European Union.
An important reason to introduce the Schengen Agreement is to simplify work commuting within such border crossing built-up areas.