 The statistics bureau uses the term "tätort" (locality or urban area), which is defined as a continuous built-up area with a maximum distance of 200 m between residences.The localities are "geographical" and "statistical" units, totally independent of the "administrative" and "political" subdivision in counties and municipalities.The urban areas in Sweden with more than 20,000 inhabitants as of 2015, according to Statistics Sweden, who only releases these statistics every five years, are