EN
This study attempts to determine the effect of suburbanisation on rural areas around cities, with the Municipal Functional Area (MFA) used as an example, in regard to: demography, housing, land development, planning documents and local tax rates. The analyses were based on data from the Central Statistical Office, from the Official Journal of the Voivodship of Warmia and Mazury and from Geoportals. The findings of this study indicate that urbanisation of suburban areas is a diverse process and it is not linked with one specific factor. Urbanisation is largely determined by the natural value and infrastructural potential.