List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Spain

List of metropolitan areas in Spain

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This is a list of the largest metropolitan areas in Spain by population.

Infographic based on Corinne Land Cover 2018. IGN.

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.

1. Madrid

2. Barcelona

3. Valencia

4. Seville

5. Bilbao

6. Málaga

7. Gijón–Oviedo–Avilés

8. Alicante–Elche

9. Las Palmas

10. Zaragoza

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"Toledo". urbanaudit. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2009-04-10.

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Metropolitan area (2018)	ESPON	Urban Audit	Ruiz
Madrid	6,155,116	6,204,829^[8]	7,038,056^[7]
Barcelona	5,179,243	5,233,638^[9]	5,142,490^[7]
Valencia	1,645,342	1,564,145^[10]	2,300,000^[7]
Seville	1,305,342	1,249,346^[11]	1,360,361^[7]
Bilbao	987,000	989,994^[12]	953,152
Málaga	944,000	1,218,245^[13]	923,104
Asturias	844,000	617,300 (295,640^[14] + 321,660^[15])	863,050^[7]
Alicante	793,000	429,060^[16]	785,020^[7]
Las Palmas	640,000	625,892^[17]	741,826^[7]
Zaragoza	639,000	685,873^[18]	715,894
Murcia	623,000	479,313^[19]	763,723^[7]
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	581,947	481,592^[20]	481,592
Granada	440,000	—	498,365
Palma de Mallorca	433,000	593,386^[21]	509,116
Vigo	413,000	548,799^[22]	666,292^[7]
Cartagena	409,000	—	316,398 (229,733 + 55,170 + 31,495)
Cádiz	400,000	—	425,462
San Sebastián	393,000	—	404,921
A Coruña	376,000	—	408,068
Valladolid	369,000	430,576^[23]	395,984
Tarragona(–Reus)	325,000	—	423,360
Córdoba	314,000	779,870^[24]	325,453
Pamplona	286,000	355,577^[25]	328,511
Castellón de la Plana	259,000	—	386,906^[7]
Bay of Santander	249,000	290,785^[26]	391,293^[7]
Alzira–Xàtiva	241,000	—	348,582^[7]
Vitoria-Gasteiz	226,000	252,384^[27]	242,837
Algeciras–La Línea	206,000	—	230,203
Huelva	193,000	—	215,530
Almería	192,000	—	218,236
Salamanca	192,000	—	205,489
Jerez de la Frontera	189,000	—	209,690
León	187,000	—	201,987
Albacete	185,000	—	173,457
Jaén–Martos	180,000	—	191,652
Burgos	176,000	—	192,692
Logroño	156,000	171,599^[28]	186,985
Ferrol–Narón	155,000	—	156,111
Lleida	147,000	363,900^[29]	176,543
Girona–Salt	144,000	—	180,426
Pontevedra–Marín	142,000	—	149,255
Badajoz	141,000	663,896^[30]	151,579
La Orotava–Puerto de la Cruz(–Los Realejos)	140,000	—	151,623
Santiago de Compostela	138,000	186,332^[31]	151,690
Ourense	137,000	—	138,600
Benidorm(–La Vila Joiosa)	134,000	—	183,253
Gandia(–Oliva)	132,000	—	169,916
Blanes(–Pineda de Mar–Lloret de Mar)	131,000	—	182,673
Manresa	122,000	—	145,215
Marbella	116,000	—	138,447
Torrelavega	116,000	—	129,509
Vic–Manlleu	111,000	—	129,994
Guadalajara	104,000	—	144,687
Lugo	99,000	—	106,066
Palencia	99,000	—	103,511
Toledo	95,000	167,036^[32]	119,368

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