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Abstract
Significant transformation processes have been taking place on rural areas, especially those close
to big cities. Some communes, which are still described as rural ones, can be a part of functional metropolitan
regions. The aim of the study was to verify if such a situation takes place in the case of the Warsaw
Metropolitan Area. The study showed that there are some rural communes, according to the DEGURBA
methodology, included in the Warsaw Metropolitan Area; some of them also joined a mechanism of the
Warsaw Integrated Territorial Investment. Participation in this mechanism will allow them to develop their
potential in a way coherent with the development path of the whole Warsaw metropolitan region.