List of metropolitan areas in Spain explained
This is a list of the largest metropolitan areas in Spain by population.Estimates are from the following sources:
- the "Functional Urban Areas" (FUAs) of the Study on Urban Functions of the European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON, 2007)[1]
- the "Larger Urban Zone" (LUZs)[2] of Urban Audit project (2004), supported by the European Union.[3] Not all cities were included in this survey.[3]
- calculations by Francisco Ruiz from data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2008 estimates).[4] [5] As well as "metropolitan area" data,[6] Ruiz has produced larger conurbation data for some areas.[7] The "conurbation" figure is used where available, and is cited as such; otherwise, the "metropolitan area" figure is used.
The figures differ between the reports due to the difference in survey dates and differences in methodology. For example, ESPON considers Oviedo–Gijón–Avilés as a single FUA, while Urban Audit has separate LUZs for Oviedo and Gijón. Similarly, Vilanova i la Geltrú is included in Barcelona metropolitan area by ESPON, but as a separate conurbation by Ruiz.
List
Metropolitan area (2018) | ESPON | Urban Audit | Ruiz |
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Madrid | 6,155,116 | [8] | |
Barcelona | 5,179,243 | [9] | |
Valencia | 1,645,342 | [10] | |
Seville | 1,305,342 | [11] | |
Bilbao | 987,000 | [12] | |
Málaga | 944,000 | [13] | |
Asturias | 844,000 | (295,640[14] + 321,660[15]) | |
Alicante | 793,000 | [16] | |
Las Palmas | 640,000 | [17] | |
Zaragoza | 639,000 | [18] | |
Murcia | 623,000 | [19] | |
Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 581,947 | [20] | |
Granada | 440,000 | — | |
Palma de Mallorca | 433,000 | [21] | |
| 413,000 | [22] | |
Cartagena | 409,000 | — | (229,733 + 55,170 + 31,495) |
Cádiz | 400,000 | — | |
San Sebastián | 393,000 | — | |
A Coruña | 376,000 | — | |
Valladolid | 369,000 | [23] | |
Tarragona(–Reus) | 325,000 | — | |
Córdoba | 314,000 | [24] | |
Pamplona | 286,000 | [25] | |
Castellón de la Plana | 259,000 | — | |
Bay of Santander | 249,000 | [26] | |
Alzira–Xàtiva | 241,000 | — | |
Vitoria-Gasteiz | 226,000 | [27] | |
Algeciras–La Línea | 206,000 | — | |
Huelva | 193,000 | — | |
Almería | 192,000 | — | |
Salamanca | 192,000 | — | |
Jerez de la Frontera | 189,000 | — | |
León | 187,000 | — | |
Albacete | 185,000 | — | |
Jaén–Martos | 180,000 | — | |
Burgos | 176,000 | — | |
Logroño | 156,000 | [28] | |
Ferrol–Narón | 155,000 | — | |
Lleida | 147,000 | [29] | |
Girona–Salt | 144,000 | — | |
Pontevedra–Marín | 142,000 | — | |
Badajoz | 141,000 | [30] | |
La Orotava–Puerto de la Cruz(–Los Realejos) | 140,000 | — | |
Santiago de Compostela | 138,000 | [31] | |
Ourense | 137,000 | — | |
Benidorm(–La Vila Joiosa) | 134,000 | — | |
Gandia(–Oliva) | 132,000 | — | |
Blanes(–Pineda de Mar–Lloret de Mar) | 131,000 | — | |
Manresa | 122,000 | — | |
Marbella | 116,000 | — | |
Torrelavega | 116,000 | — | |
Vic–Manlleu | 111,000 | — | |
Guadalajara | 104,000 | — | |
Lugo | 99,000 | — | |
Palencia | 99,000 | — | |
Toledo | 95,000 | [32] | | |
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Book: . IGEAT . IGSO . LATTS . TSAC . ESPON project 1.4.3: Study on Urban Functions: Final Report . March 2007 . 978-2-9600467-2-4 . 2009-04-09 .
- Web site: What is the Urban Audit?. 2009-04-09. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090212235821/http://www.urbanaudit.org/help.aspx. 2009-02-12.
- Web site: Welcome to the Urban Audit web site . 2009-04-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130531065821/http://www.urbanaudit.org/index.aspx . 2013-05-31 .
- Web site: AUDES - Áreas Urbanas de España . Ruiz . Francisco . es . 2013-03-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130115054304/http://alarcos.esi.uclm.es/per/fruiz/audes/ . 2013-01-15 . dead .
- Web site: Población de España - datos y mapas . Ruiz . Francisco . es . 2012-01-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120122233740/http://alarcos.inf-cr.uclm.es/per/fruiz/pobesp/index.htm . 2012-01-22 .
- Web site: Población de las áreas urbanas y metropolitanas . Ruiz . Francisco . es . 2009-04-09 . . 2008-12-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110822104405/http://alarcos.inf-cr.uclm.es/per/fruiz/pobesp/dat/arc/areas-pob.xls . 2011-08-22 .
- Web site: Conurbaciones . Ruiz . Francisco . es . 2009-04-09 . . 2008-12-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720145630/http://alarcos.inf-cr.uclm.es/per/fruiz/pobesp/dat/arc/conurbaciones.xls . 2011-07-20 .
- Web site: Madrid . urbanaudit . 2009-04-09 . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080626014442/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES001C&CountryCode=ES . 2008-06-26 . dead .
- Web site: Barcelona . urbanaudit . 2009-04-09 . 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130723093909/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES002C&CountryCode=ES . 2013-07-23 .
- Web site: Valencia . urbanaudit . 2009-04-09 . 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080626014447/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES003C&CountryCode=ES . 2008-06-26 .
- Web site: Sevilla . urbanaudit . 2009-04-09 . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080626012825/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES004C&CountryCode=ES . 2008-06-26 . dead .
- Web site: Bilbao . urbanaudit . 2009-04-09 . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716030344/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES019C&CountryCode=ES . 2011-07-16 . dead .
- Web site: Málaga . urbanaudit . 2009-04-09 . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080626024358/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES006C&CountryCode=ES . 2008-06-26 . dead .
- Web site: Gijón . urbanaudit . 2009-04-09 . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728151057/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES023C&CountryCode=ES . 2011-07-28 . dead .
- Web site: Oviedo . urbanaudit . 2009-04-09 . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080626022009/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES013C&CountryCode=ES . 2008-06-26 . dead .
- Web site: Alicante/Alacant . urbanaudit . 2009-04-09 . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716030459/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES021C&CountryCode=ES . 2011-07-16 . dead .
- Web site: Las Palmas . urbanaudit . 2009-04-09 . 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080626021959/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES008C&CountryCode=ES . 2008-06-26 .
- Web site: Zaragoza . urbanaudit . 2009-04-09 . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080626021954/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES005C&CountryCode=ES . 2008-06-26 . dead .
- Web site: Murcia . urbanaudit . 2009-04-09 . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080626024403/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES007C&CountryCode=ES . 2008-06-26 . dead .
- Web site: Santa Cruz de Tenerife . urbanaudit . 2009-04-09 . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716030709/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES025C&CountryCode=ES . 2011-07-16 . dead .
- Web site: Palma di Mallorca (sic) . urbanaudit . 2009-04-09 . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080626024408/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES010C&CountryCode=ES . 2008-06-26 . dead .
- Web site: Vigo . urbanaudit . 2009-04-09 . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716030656/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES022C&CountryCode=ES . 2011-07-16 . dead .
- Web site: Valladolid . urbanaudit . 2009-04-09 . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080626022004/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES009C&CountryCode=ES . 2008-06-26 . dead .
- Web site: Córdoba . urbanaudit . 2009-04-09 . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716030819/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES020C&CountryCode=ES . 2011-07-16 . dead .
- Web site: Pamplona/Iruña . urbanaudit . 2009-04-09 . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080626014452/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES014C&CountryCode=ES . 2008-06-26 . dead .
- Web site: Santander . urbanaudit . 2009-04-09 . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080626014457/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES015C&CountryCode=ES . 2008-06-26 . dead .
- Web site: Vitoria/Gasteiz . urbanaudit . 2009-04-10 . 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080626012830/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES012C&CountryCode=ES . 2008-06-26 .
- Web site: Logroño . urbanaudit . 2009-04-10 . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080626014502/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES018C&CountryCode=ES . 2008-06-26 . dead .
- Web site: Lleida . urbanaudit . 2009-04-10 . 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071217141925/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx . 2007-12-17 .
- Web site: Badajoz . urbanaudit . 2009-04-10 . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080626024413/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES017C&CountryCode=ES . 2008-06-26 . dead .
- Web site: Santiago de Compostela . urbanaudit . 2009-04-10 . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080626013342/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES011C&CountryCode=ES . 2008-06-26 . dead .
- Web site: Toledo . urbanaudit . 2009-04-10 . 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080626013347/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=ES016C&CountryCode=ES . 2008-06-26 . dead .