List of metropolitan areas in Europe
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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.
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.
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Metropolitan areas
Within the European Union
| Metropolitan area name | Country | ESPON 1.4.31 | Urban Audit2 | UN WUP3 | OECD4 | Citypopulation.de5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam metropolitan area |  Netherlands |
2,497,0006 | 1,443,258 (2004) | 1,049,000 | 7,500,0006 | 1,970,000 |
| Antwerp |  Belgium |
1,406,0007 | 938,904 | 965,000 | No data | Not listed |
| Athens |  Greece |
3,761,000 | 4,013,368 (2004) | 3,257,000 | 3,900,000 | 3,775,000 |
| Barcelona metropolitan area |  Spain |
4,082,0008 | 4,440,629 | 5,083,000 | 4,900,000 | 4,500,000 |
| Baku |  Azerbaijan |
No data | No data | 1,972,000 | No data | 1,940,000 |
| Belgrade |  Serbia |
No data | No data | 1,617,000 | No data | 1,750,000 |
| Berlin |  Germany |
4,016,000 | 5,025,272 | 3,450,000 | 6,000,000 | 4,325,000 |
| Bremen | Germany |
1,077,000 | 1,247,139 | Not listed | No data | Not listed |
| Greater Bristol |  United Kingdom |
1,041,000 | 1,071,000 | Not listed | No data | Not listed |
| Brussels-Capital Region | Belgium |
2,639,0007 | 1,885,319 | 1,904,000 | 3,800,000 | 1,910,000 |
| Bucharest metropolitan area |  Romania |
2,064,000 | 2,176,117 | 1,934,000 | No data | 2,075,000 |
| Budapest metropolitan area |  Hungary |
2,523,000 | 2,475,737 | 1,706,000 | 2,800,000 | 2,525,000 |
| Cardiff and South Wales valleys | United Kingdom |
1,097,000 | 861,400 | Not listed | No data | Not listed |
| Copenhagen metropolitan area |  Denmark |
1,881,0009 | 1,822,569 (2004) | 1,186,000 | 2,400,000 | 1,420,000 |
| Donetsk |  Ukraine |
No data | No data | 966,000 | No data | 1,450,000 |
| Dnipropetrovsk | Ukraine |
No data | No data | 1,004,000 | No data | 1,360,000 |
| Dublin Metropolitan Area |  Ireland |
1,477,000 | 1,534,426 (2004) | 1,099,000 | 1,600,000 | 1,100,000 |
| Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Region | Germany |
2,764,00010 | 2,531,970 | Not listed | 5,600,000 | 1,940,000 |
| Greater Glasgow | United Kingdom |
1,395,000 | 1,755,300 | 1,170,000 | No data | 1,430,000 |
| The Hague | Netherlands |
1,404,0006 | 978,161 (2004) | Not listed | 7,500,0006 | 2,900,00011 |
| Hamburg Metropolitan Region | Germany |
2,983,000 | 3,187,338 | 1,786,000 | 4,600,000 | 2,625,000 |
| Helsinki Metropolitan Area |  Finland |
1,285,000 | 1,279,685 | 1,115,000 | 1,800,000 | 1,120,000 |
| Istanbul |  Turkey |
No data | 11,044,642 (2004) | 10,525,000 | 11,400,000 | 13,000,000 |
| Katowice metropolitan area |  Poland |
3,029,00012 | 2,710,397 (2004) | Not listed | No data | 2,450,000 |
| Kazan |  Russia |
No data | No data | 1,140,000 | No data | 1,140,000 |
| Kharkiv | Ukraine |
No data | No data | 1,453,000 | No data | 1,590,000 |
| Kiev metropolitan area | Ukraine |
No data | No data | 2,805,000 | No data | 3,225,000 |
| Kraków metropolitan area | Poland |
1,236,000 | 1,276,438 | 756,000 | 2,100,000 | Not listed |
| West Yorkshire (Bradford & Leeds) | United Kingdom |
2,302,000 | 2,393,300 (2004) | 1,547,000 | 2,100,000 | 2,250,000 |
| Lille-Kortrijk |  France/ Belgium |
1,379,00013 | 1,223,173 (2004) | 1,033,000 | 2,600,000 | 1,240,00014 |
| Lisbon Metropolitan Area |  Portugal |
2,591,000 | 2,467,484 | 2,824,000 | 2,700,000 | 2,575,000 |
| Liverpool/Birkenhead | United Kingdom |
2,241,000 | 1,350,200 | 819,000 | No data | 1,350,000 |
| Lódz | Poland |
1,165,000 | 1,139,405 | Not listed | No data | Not listed |
| Greater London | United Kingdom |
13,709,000 | 12,317,800 | 8,631,000 | 7,400,000 | 12,500,000 |
| Lyon | France |
1,669,000 | 1,748,271 (2004) | 1,468,000 | 1,600,000 | 1,470,000 |
| Madrid metropolitan area | Spain |
5,263,000 | 6,271,638 | 5,851,000 | 5,600,000 | 6,500,000 |
| Greater Manchester | United Kingdom |
2,556,000 | 2,580,000 | 2,253,000 | 2,500,000 | 2,625,000 |
| Marseille | France |
1,530,000 | No data | 1,469,000 | No data | 1,470,000 |
| Milan metropolitan area |  Italy |
4,136,00015 | 3,076,643 | 3,115,392 | 7,400,000 | 4,575,000 |
| Minsk |  Belarus |
No data | No data | 1,852,000 | No data | 1,860,000 |
| Moscow metropolitan area | Russia |
No data | No data | 10,550,000 | No data | 14,800,000 |
| Munich | Germany |
2,665,00016 | 2,644,807 | 1,349,000 | 6,100,000 | 2,025,000 |
| Naples metropolitan area | Italy |
2,905,00017 | 2,239,330 | 2,276,000 | 3,100,000 | 4,150,000 |
| Nice | France |
1,082,000 | No data | 941,000 | No data | No data |
| Nizhniy Novgorod | Russia |
No data | No data | 1,267,000 | No data | 1,760,000 |
| Nottingham-Derby | United Kingdom |
1,534,000 | 856,900 | Not listed | No data | Not listed |
| Nuremberg | Germany |
1,443,000 | 1,299,016 | Not listed | No data | 1,060,000 |
| Odessa | Ukraine |
No data | No data | 1,009,000 | No data | 1,070,000 |
| Greater Oslo |  Norway |
1,037,000 | 1,162,255 | 888,000 | 1,700,000 | Not listed |
| Paris metropolitan area | France |
11,175,000 | 11,532,409 (2004) | 10,485,000 | 11,200,000 | 10,500,000 |
| Perm | Russia |
No data | No data | 982,000 | No data | 1,040,000 |
| Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto | Portugal |
1,245,00018 | 1,109,990 | 1,355,000 | No data | 1,240,000 |
| Portsmouth-Southampton | United Kingdom |
1,547,000 | 506,80019 | Not listed | No data | Not listed |
| Prague |  Czech Republic |
1,669,000 | 2,099,282 | 1,162,000 | 2,300,000 | 1,390,000 |
| Rhein-Nord20 (Düsseldorf-Neuss) | Germany |
3,073,00021 | 1,527,01822 | Not listed | 13,400,00021 | 1,220,00022 |
| Rhein-Süd20 (Cologne/Bonn Region) | Germany |
3,070,00021 | 1,898,43823 | 1,001,00023 | 13,400,00021 | 1,900,00023 |
| Riga |  Latvia |
1,195,000 | 1,003,949 (2004) | Not listed | No data | Not listed |
| Rome metropolitan area | Italy |
3,190,000 | 3,695,148 | 3,362,000 | 3,700,000 | 3,300,000 |
| Rostov-on-Don | Russia |
No data | No data | 1,046,000 | No data | 1,190,000 |
| Rotterdam | Netherlands |
1,904,0006 | 1,186,818 (2004) | 1,010,000 | 7,500,0006 | 2,900,00024 |
| Ruhr area20 (Essen – Bochum – Dortmund) | Germany |
5,376,00021 | 5,203,100 | Not listed | 13,400,00021 | 4,650,00025 |
| Saarbrücken - Forbach | Germany/ France |
1,102,000 | 832,617 | Not listed | No data | Not listed |
| Saint Petersburg | Russia |
No data | No data | 4,575,000 | No data | 4,775,000 |
| Samara | Russia |
No data | No data | 1,131,000 | No data | 1,270,000 |
| Saratov | Russia |
No data | No data | 822,000 | No data | 1,070,000 |
| Seville | Spain |
1,180,00026 | 1,307,097 | Not listed | No data | 1,340,000 |
| Sofia |  Bulgaria |
1,174,000 | 1,334,782 | 1,196,000 | No data | 1,260,000 |
| Metropolitan Stockholm |  Sweden |
2,171,000 | 1,981,263 | 1,285,000 | 2,200,000 | 2,075,000 |
| South Yorkshire (Sheffield) | United Kingdom |
1,569,000 | 1,308,600 | Not listed | No data | 1,330,000 |
| Stuttgart Metropolitan Region | Germany |
2,289,000 | 2,674,527 | Not listed | 2,700,000 | 1,980,000 |
| Tbilisi |  Georgia |
No data | No data | 1,120,000 | No data | 1,220,000 |
| Thessaloniki Metropolitan Area | Greece |
1,052,000 | 995,766 (2004) | 837,000 | No data | Not listed |
| Turin metropolitan area | Italy |
1,601,00027 | 1,773,747 | 1,665,000 | 2,200,000 | 1,690,000 |
| Newcastle-Sunderland | United Kingdom |
1,599,000 | 1,067,400 | 891,000 | No data | 1,110,000 |
| Ufa | Russia |
No data | No data | 1,023,000 | No data | 1,040,000 |
| Valencia | Spain |
1,398,000 28 | 1,670,682 | 814,000 | 2,300,000 | 1,780,000 |
| Vienna |  Austria |
2,584,000 | 2,285,988 | 1,706,000 | 2,200,000 | 2,025,000 |
| Volgograd | Russia |
No data | No data | 977,000 | No data | 1,360,000 |
| Warsaw metropolitan area | Poland |
2,785,000 | 2,726,829 | 1,712,000 | 3,000,000 | 2,225,000 |
| West Midlands (Birmingham) | United Kingdom |
3,683,000 | 2,401,900 | 2,302,000 | 2,600,000 | 2,650,000 |
| Yerevan |  Armenia |
No data | No data | 1,112,000 | No data | 1,230,000 |
| Zagreb |  Croatia |
1,107,115 | No data | Not listed | No data | Not listed |
| Zürich metropolitan area |  Switzerland |
1,615,000 | 1,160,687 | 1,150,000 | 2,500,000 | 1,180,000 |
Polycentric metropolitan areas
| Rank | Area | State | Population29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London | United Kingdom |
13,709,000 |
| 2 | Rhine-Ruhr | Germany |
12,190,000 |
| 3 | Paris | France |
11,175,000 |
| 4 | Randstad | Netherlands |
6,787,000 |
| 5 | Milan | Italy |
5,963,000 |
| 6 | Upper Silesian metropolitan area | Poland/ Czech Republic |
5,294,000 |
| 7 | Madrid | Spain |
5,263,000 |
| 8 | Flemish Diamond | Belgium |
5,103,000 |
| 9 | Barcelona | Spain |
4,251,000 |
| 10 | Frankfurt Rhine-Main | Germany |
4,149,000 |
| 11 | Naples polycentric metropolitan area | Italy |
3,714,000 |
| 12 | Vienna-Bratislava | Austria/ Slovakia |
3,368,000 |
| 13 | Munich-Augsburg | Germany |
3,271,000 |
| 14 | Lille-Kortrijk | France/ Belgium |
3,115,000 |
| 15 | Liege-Aachen-Heerlen | Germany/ Belgium/ Netherlands |
3,060,000 |
See also
- Larger Urban Zones (LUZ) in the European Union
- Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits for only the cities proper, at the center of the metropolitan areas
- Largest population centres in the European Union
- Largest urban areas of the European Union for the population of urban areas (and not metropolitan areas like here)
- List of cities in Europe by country
- List of European capital cities by area
- List of European cities proper by population density
- List of European city regions
- List of metropolitan areas by population for the world
- World's largest cities
Regional and country-specific lists
- Largest metropolitan areas in the Nordic countries
- List of metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom
- List of metropolitan areas in Belgium
- List of metropolitan areas in France
- List of metropolitan areas in Germany
- List of metropolitan areas in Italy
- List of metropolitan areas in Spain
- List of metropolitan areas in Sweden
- List of metropolitan areas in Poland
Notes and references
- ^ European Spatial Planning Observation Network, Study on Urban Functions (Project 1.4.3), Final Report, Chapter 3, (ESPON, 2007)
- ^ Eurostat, Total population in Urban Audit cities, Larger Urban Zone, accessed on 2009-06-23. Data for 2009 unless otherwise noted.
- ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Urbanization Prospects (2009 revision), (United Nations, 2010), 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 2011-04-01.
- ^ 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).
- ^ Includes Rotterdam
- ^ 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-Biala (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 The Hague
- ^ 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.
- ^ European Spatial Planning Observation Network, Study on Urban Functions (Project 1.4.3), Final Report, Chapter 3, (ESPON, 2007) page 241-243
External links
- Geopolis: research group,university of Paris-Diderot, France - Population of urban areas of 10,000 or more
- Largest Cities (25,000+) of Europe by number of headquarters