San Sebastián metropolitan area explained

San Sebastian metropolitan area
Native Name:Área metropolitana de San Sebastián
Settlement Type:Urban area
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type2:Largest city
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Metro:454,669
Area Metro Km2:410
Population Density Metro Km2:1093
Demographics Type2:GDP
Demographics2 Footnotes:[2]
Demographics2 Title1:Metro
Demographics2 Info1:€21.797 billion

San Sebastián metropolitan area is an area in the province of Gipuzkoa (Spain) which extends into France. It includes, besides the city of San Sebastián, a number of nearby municipalities, some of them bordering. Its total population is 405,099 inhabitants, with its extension of 372.86 square kilometres. It is the 19 th urban agglomeration of Spain in terms of population.

Municipalities of the metropolitan area

MunicipalityShirePopulation (2008)Area inkm2Density in inhab\km2Distance to San Sebastian's city centre in km
Donostia-San SebastianDonostialdea183,30860.893,006.90
IrunBidasoa-Txingudi60,26142.401,421.2516.5
ErrenteriaDonostialdea38,336 32.261,188.346.8
HernaniDonostialdea19,138 39.82 480.616
Lasarte-OriaDonostialdea17,647 6.01 2,936.27 6.5
PasaiaDonostialdea16,091 11.34 1,418.96 4
HondarribiaBidasoa-Txingudi16,073 28.63 561.4 17.5
AndoainDonostialdea14,215 27.17 523.19 11.5
HendayeArrondissement of Bayonne (France)12,596 8 1,574.5 18
OiartzunDonostialdea9,806 59.71 164.23 10.5
UrnietaDonostialdea5,998 22.4 267.77 8
LezoDonostialdea5,912 8.59 688.24 10.5
UsurbilDonostialdea5,718 25.64 223.01 7.6
Total-405,099 372.861086.46 -

Notes and References

  1. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/URB_LPOP1__custom_3416005/default/table?lang=en Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas
  2. Web site: Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions. ec.europa.eu.