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'''Dublin Metropolitan Area''' is a term used by various bodies to describe the area of ], ], and its surrounding counties which have an urban designation; between these bodies its definition is not always consistent.

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The '''Dublin Metropolitan Region''' is a term used to describe the former geographic jurisdiction of the Irish police force, An ] within the eastern part of ]. This jurisdiction formerly covered parts of the old ] (except the northern part around ]) as well as the ] town of ]and the ] towns of ], ] and ]. Swords was covered by the Meath Garda Division. In this way it differed from the usual definition of County Dublin and did not even conform to the looser definition of the ]. The definition no longer applies as during 2008 the Garda Divisions were realigned along Regional and county boundaries. As of 2009, the Dublin Metropolitan Region is co-extensive with the ]. This boundary has legal importance, for example licences for digital television in Dublin, such as that held by ], cover the Metropolitan Area.

==Other movements==
] was moved to the ] Division and became the district headquarters for the new Leixlip District . ] moved into the new ] Division and became district headquarters for the Bray District .

The term originated from the ; that act amagamated the ] and ] as one national police force.

==Planning usage==
The term is also used in the Regional Planning Guidelines for the ] to refer to the area of Dublin and its environs which is to be consolidated as a suburban and metropolitan district. It differentiates between which towns are considered ], and which are considered ]s. The area is considered as being from ] and ] in ] in the north to Greystones in County Wicklow in the south, and as far west as ] in County Kildare. This differs from the Gardaí's designation in that it stretches some 20 km further west.

==See also==
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