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- This is a list of metropolitan areas. For a list of urban
areas, see Largest urban
areas of the European Union. For a list of cities proper, see
Largest cities of the European Union by population within city
limits. For a list of European cities by country, see List of cities in
Europe.
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This is a list of metropolitan areas in Europe, with their
population according to five different sources. The list includes
metropolitan areas that have a population of over 1 million.
Figures in the first column come from the ESPON project, "Study on
Urban Functions", which defines cities according to the concept of
a functional urban area (core urban area defined morphologically on
the basis of population density, plus the surrounding labour pool
defined on the basis of commuting).
Figures in the second column come from Eurostat's Urban Audit and correspond to Larger Urban Zones (LUZ). Figures in the
third column come from the UN's World Urbanization Prospects and
correspond to urban areas.
Figures in the fourth column come from the OECD Territorial Reviews and
correspond to "metropolitan regions". Figures in the last column
come from the citypopulation.de website and correspond to urban agglomerations. Further information
on how the areas are defined can be found in the source documents.
These figures should be seen as an interpretation, not as
conclusive fact.
List
Within the European
Union
| Metropolitan area name |
Country |
ESPON 1.4.3[1] |
Urban Audit[2] |
UN WUP[3] |
OECD[4] |
Citypopulation.de[5] |
| Amsterdam
metropolitan area |
 Netherlands |
2,497,000[6] |
1,443,258 |
1,031,000 |
7,500,000[6] |
1,930,000 |
| Antwerp |
 Belgium |
1,406,000[7] |
915,218 |
920,000 |
No data |
Not listed |
| Athens |
 Greece |
3,761,000 |
4,013,368 |
3,242,000 |
3,900,000 |
3,750,000 |
| Barcelona
metropolitan area |
 Spain |
4,082,000[8] |
4,233,638 |
4,920,000 |
4,900,000 |
4,250,000 |
| Belgrade |
 Serbia |
No data |
No data |
1,576,000 |
No data |
1,710,000 |
| Berlin |
 Germany |
4,016,000 |
4,971,331 |
3,406,000 |
6,000,000 |
4,275,000 |
| Bremen |
Germany |
1,077,000 |
1,249,291 |
Not listed |
No data |
Not listed |
| Greater
Bristol |
 United
Kingdom |
1,041,000 |
1,006,600 |
Not listed |
No data |
Not listed |
| Brussels-Capital Region |
Belgium |
2,639,000[7] |
1,800,663 |
1,743,000 |
3,800,000 |
1,850,000 |
| Bucharest metropolitan
area |
 Romania |
2,064,000 |
2,140,194 |
1,942,000 |
No data |
2,125,000 |
| Budapest metropolitan
area |
 Hungary |
2,523,000 |
2,393,846 |
1,679,000 |
2,800,000 |
2,300,000 |
| Cardiff |
United
Kingdom |
1,097,000 |
841,600 |
Not listed |
No data |
Not listed |
| Copenhagen metropolitan
area |
 Denmark |
1,881,000[9] |
1,806,667 |
1,085,000 |
2,400,000 |
1,390,000 |
| Donetsk |
 Ukraine |
No data |
No data |
988,000 |
No data |
1,850,000 |
| Dnipropetrovsk |
Ukraine |
No data |
No data |
1,050,000 |
No data |
1,360,000 |
| Dublin Metropolitan Area |
 Ireland |
1,477,000 |
1,535,446 |
1,059,000 |
1,600,000 |
1,080,000 |
| Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Region |
Germany |
2,764,000[10] |
2,517,561 |
Not listed |
5,600,000 |
1,930,000 |
| Greater
Glasgow |
United
Kingdom |
1,395,000 |
1,747,100 |
1,160,000 |
No data |
1,420,000 |
| The Hague |
Netherlands |
1,404,000[6] |
978,161 |
Not listed |
7,500,000[6] |
1,420,000 |
| Hamburg Metropolitan
Region |
Germany |
2,983,000 |
3,134,620 |
1,757,000 |
4,600,000 |
2,575,000 |
| Helsinki
Metropolitan Area |
 Finland |
1,285,000 |
1,224,107 |
1,115,000 |
1,800,000 |
1,100,000 |
| Istanbul |
 Turkey |
No data |
11,044,642 |
10,061,000 |
11,400,000 |
12,500,000 |
| Katowice
metropolitan area |
 Poland |
3,029,000[11] |
2,710,397 |
Not listed |
No data |
2,775,000 |
| Kazan |
 Russia |
No data |
No data |
1,115,000 |
No data |
1,120,000 |
| Kharkiv |
Ukraine |
No data |
No data |
1,461,000 |
No data |
1,830,000 |
| Kiev metropolitan area |
Ukraine |
No data |
No data |
2,709,000 |
No data |
3,400,000 |
| Kraków
metropolitan area |
Poland |
1,236,000 |
1,264,322 |
756,000 |
2,100,000 |
Not listed |
| West
Yorkshire (Bradford
& Leeds) |
United
Kingdom |
2,302,000 |
2,393,300 |
1,529,000 |
2,100,000 |
2,125,000 |
| Lille |
 France/
Belgium |
1,161,000[12] |
No data |
1,044,000 |
2,600,000 |
1,380,000[13] |
| Lisbon Metropolitan Area |
 Portugal |
2,591,000 |
2,435,837 |
2,812,000 |
2,700,000 |
2,550,000 |
| Liverpool |
United
Kingdom |
2,241,000 |
1,365,900 |
811,000 |
No data |
1,330,000 |
| Łódź |
Poland |
1,165,000 |
1,163,516 |
758,000 |
No data |
1,060,000 |
| Greater London |
United
Kingdom |
13,709,000 |
11,917,000 |
8,567,000 |
7,400,000 |
12,300,000 |
| Lyon |
France |
1,669,000 |
1,717,300 |
1,423,000 |
1,600,000 |
1,440,000 |
| Madrid metropolitan area |
Spain |
5,263,000 |
5,804,829 |
5,567,000 |
5,600,000 |
6,100,000 |
| Greater Manchester |
United
Kingdom |
2,556,000 |
2,539,100 |
2,230,000 |
2,500,000 |
2,475,000 |
| Marseille |
France |
1,530,000 |
No data |
1,400,000 |
No data |
1,500,000 |
| Milan metropolitan area |
 Italy |
4,136,000[14] |
3,076,643 |
2,945,000 |
7,400,000 |
3,550,000 |
| Minsk |
 Belarus |
No data |
No data |
1,805,000 |
No data |
1,790,000 |
| Moscow metropolitan area |
Russia |
No data |
No data |
10,452,000 |
No data |
13,500,000 |
| Munich Metropolitan
Region |
Germany |
2,665,000[15] |
2,531,706 |
1,275,000 |
6,100,000 |
1,980,000 |
| Naples metropolitan area |
Italy |
2,905,000[16] |
2,253,964 |
2,250,000 |
3,100,000 |
3,075,000 |
| Nizhniy Novgorod |
Russia |
No data |
No data |
1,278,000 |
No data |
1,700,000 |
| Nottingham-Derby |
United
Kingdom |
1,534,000 |
825,600 |
Not listed |
No data |
Not listed |
| Nuremberg |
Germany |
1,443,000 |
1,288,797 |
Not listed |
No data |
1,040,000 |
| Odessa metropolitan area |
Ukraine |
No data |
No data |
991,000 |
No data |
1,080,000 |
| Greater
Oslo |
 Norway |
1,037,000 |
1,090,513 |
835,000 |
1,700,000 |
Not listed |
| Paris
metropolitan area |
France |
11,175,000 |
11,089,124 |
9,904,000 |
11,200,000 |
10,000,000 |
| Perm |
Russia |
No data |
No data |
997,000 |
No data |
1,070,000 |
| Greater Metropolitan
Area of Porto |
Portugal |
1,245,000[17] |
1,099,040 |
1,337,000 |
No data |
1,220,000 |
| Portsmouth-Southampton |
United
Kingdom |
1,547,000 |
489,900[18] |
Not listed |
No data |
Not listed |
| Prague |
 Czech
Republic |
1,669,000 |
1,964,750 |
1,162,000 |
2,300,000 |
1,340,000 |
| Rhein-Nord[19]
(Düsseldorf-Duisburg) |
Germany |
3,073,000[20] |
1,525,029[21] |
Not listed |
13,400,000[20] |
1,320,000[21] |
| Rhein-Süd[19]
(Cologne/Bonn Region) |
Germany |
3,070,000[20] |
1,873,580[22] |
1,004,000[22] |
13,400,000[20] |
1,870,000[22] |
| Riga |
 Latvia |
1,195,000 |
1,003,949 |
Not listed |
No data |
Not listed |
| Rome metropolitan area |
Italy |
3,190,000 |
3,457,690 |
3,339,000 |
3,700,000 |
3,500,000 |
| Rostov-on-Don |
Russia |
No Data |
No data |
1,052,000 |
No data |
1,290,000 |
| Rotterdam |
Netherlands |
1,904,000[6] |
1,186,818 |
1,005,000 |
7,500,000[6] |
1,490,000 |
| Ruhr
area[19]
(Essen – Bochum – Dortmund) |
Germany |
5,376,000[20] |
5,302,179 |
Not listed |
13,400,000[20] |
5,700,000[23] |
| Saarbrücken
- Forbach |
Germany/
France |
1,102,000 |
815,317 |
Not listed |
No data |
Not listed |
| Saint
Petersburg |
Russia |
No data |
No data |
4,553,000 |
No data |
4,750,000 |
| Samara |
Russia |
No data |
No data |
1,137,000 |
No data |
1,410,000 |
| Saratov |
Russia |
No data |
No data |
843,000 |
No data |
1,070,000 |
| Seville |
Spain |
1,180,000[24] |
1,249,346 |
Not listed |
No data |
1,310,000 |
| Sofia |
 Bulgaria |
1,174,000 |
1,263,807 |
1,185,000 |
No data |
1,250,000 |
| Metropolitan
Stockholm |
 Sweden |
2,171,000 |
1,860,872 |
1,264,000 |
2,200,000 |
1,970,000 |
| South
Yorkshire (Sheffield) |
United
Kingdom |
1,569,000 |
1,277,100 |
Not listed |
No data |
1,270,000 |
| Stuttgart Metropolitan
Region |
Germany |
2,289,000 |
2,663,660 |
Not listed |
2,700,000 |
2,650,000 |
| Thessaloniki Metropolitan
Area |
Greece |
1,052,000 |
995,766 |
828,000 |
No data |
Not listed |
| Turin metropolitan area |
Italy |
1,601,000[25] |
1,745,221 |
1,652,000 |
2,200,000 |
1,600,000 |
| Tyneside |
United
Kingdom |
1,599,000 |
1,055,600 |
882,000 |
No data |
1,060,000 |
| Ufa |
Russia |
No data |
No data |
1,018,000 |
No data |
1,070,000 |
| Valencia |
Spain |
1,398,000 [26] |
1,564,145 |
808,000 |
2,300,000 |
1,630,000 |
| Vienna |
 Austria |
2,584,000 |
2,179,769 |
2,315,000 |
2,200,000 |
2,000,000 |
| Volgograd |
Russia |
No data |
No data |
984,000 |
No data |
1,350,000 |
| Warsaw metropolitan area |
Poland |
2,785,000 |
2,660,406 |
1,707,000 |
3,000,000 |
2,375,000 |
| West Midlands (Birmingham) |
United
Kingdom |
3,683,000 |
2,357,100 |
2,285,000 |
2,600,000 |
2,550,000 |
| Zürich metropolitan area |
 Switzerland |
1,615,000 |
1,110,478 |
1,108,000 |
2,500,000 |
1,140,000 |
See also
Regional and
country-specific lists
Notes and
references
- ^
European
Spatial Planning Observation Network, Study on Urban Functions
(Project 1.4.3), Final Report, Chapter 3, (ESPON, 2007)
- ^
Eurostat, Urban Audit database,
accessed on 2009-03-12. Data for 2004.
- ^
United Nations
Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Urbanization Prospects
(2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for
2007.
- ^
Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development, Competitive Cities in the
Global Economy, OECD Territorial Reviews, (OECD
Publishing, 2006), Table 1.1
- ^
Thomas Brinkoff, Principal Agglomerations of
the World, accessed on 2009-03-12. Data for 2009-01-01.
- ^ a
b
c
d
e
f
Part of the Randstad
polycentric urban region consisting of the metropolitan areas of
Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht (982,000). The total population
of the region is 6,787,000.
- ^ a
b
The Flemish Diamond metropolitan region, which consists of the
metropolitan areas of Brussels, Antwerp, Gent, and Leuven, has a
total population of 5,103,000.
- ^
Total population is 4,251,000 if the metropolitan area of Mataro
(169,000) is included.
- ^
Part of the wider Öresund region,
which includes the Swedish metropolitan area of Malmö (961,000).
The total regional population is 2,842,000.
- ^
Part of the Rhein-Main metropolitan region with a total population
of 4,149,000, which additionally includes the metropolitan areas of
Darmstadt (501,000), Wiesbaden (453,000), and Mainz (431,000).
- ^ Part of the
polycentric Upper Silesian urban region with a total population of
5,294,000. The region additionally includes the metropolitan areas
of Ostrava (1,046,000), Bielsko-Biała
(584,000) and Rybnik (526,000).
- ^
Part of the wider Lille-Bassin Minier region with a total
population of 3,115,000.
- ^
Includes Kortrijk
- ^
Part of a wider polycentric urban region with a population of
6,011,000.
- ^
When combined with the Augsburg metropolitan area (606,000), the
region has a total population of 3,271,000.
- ^
Part of a wider polycentric urban region with a population of
3,714,000/
- ^
Part of a wider polycentric urban region with a population of
1,778,000.
- ^
Excludes Southampton
- ^ a
b
c
Polycentric metropolitan area
- ^ a
b
c
d
e
f
Part of the polycentric urban region of Rhein-Ruhr, which has a
total population of 12,190,000.
- ^ a
b
Excludes Duisburg, Krefeld, Mönchen-Gladbach
- ^ a
b
c
Excludes Bonn
- ^
Includes Duisburg
- ^
Total population is 1,262,000 if the metropolitan area of Utrera (82,000) is included.
- ^
Total population is 1,716,000 if the metropolitan of Pinerolo is included.
- ^
Total population is 1,499,000 if the metropolitan area of Sagunto is
included.
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