Barcelona metropolitan area

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Barcelona urban area
urban area
Mapa SituaciónEn.PNG
CountrySpain
RegionCatalonia
Core cityBarcelona
Area
 • Metro
4,268 km2 (1,648 sq mi)
Population
 • Metro
5,355,127 Increase
 • Metro density1,250/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
GMP2017
Nominal€164 billion (7th in EU)

The Barcelona urban area is an urban area in Catalonia (Spain) centered on the city of Barcelona and located less than 100 km south of the border with France. With a population of over 5 million, it is the most populous urban area on the Mediterranean coast, and one of the largest in Europe.

Overview[]

The urban area – the core of the metropolitan area – of Barcelona has a population of 4,604,000,[1] being the fifth-most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, the Ruhr area, Madrid and Milan. The Larger Urban Zone has a population of 4,440,629[2] according to Eurostat.

As stated by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of United Nations, the metropolitan area of Barcelona has a population of 5,083,000,[3] according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development it has a population of 4,900,000[4] and according to the Eurostat it has a population of 5,375,774.[5] According to Idescat it has a population of 5,029,181,[6] according to BlatantWorld.com it has a population of 4,992,778[7] and according to World Gazetteer it has a population of 5,068,252.[8]

The Zones[]

Barcelona metropolitan area
Population Area (km2) Density/km2
Barcelona 1,621,537 101 15,793
First Zone 1,598,534 532 2,923
Second Zone 1,481,937 1,362 1,070
Third Zone 747,810 2,273 329
5,355,127 4,268 1,255
  • First Zone: consists of other municipalities (outside Barcelona) in an official union of adjacent cities and municipalities called the Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB) (also Greater Barcelona) with a population of 3,220,071 in area of 636 km2 (density 5,010 hab/km2).
  • Second Zone: considered as urban and metropolitan adjacent area. It forms a belt of cities: Vilanova i la Geltrú, Vilafranca del Penedès, Martorell, Terrassa, Sabadell, Granollers, Mataró and their respective areas of influence. The Generalitat projects the interconnection by means the Orbital Railway Line.
  • Third Zone: considered territory of consolidated expansion. In this one the expansion passes to be of radial type, spreading across fluvial corridors or depressions, as in case of Manresa, Igualada and Vic, or continuing the coast, as in case of Blanes and El Vendrell.

Polynuclear Urban Region[]

P.U.R. of Barcelona
Population Area (km2) Density/km2
Barcelona metro 5,355,127 4,268 1,255
Tarragona Area 411,876 656 628
Girona Area 336,218 1,081 311
6,103,221 6,005 1,016

According to the EURBANET project by Delft University of Technology[9] it speaks about polynuclear urban region when there exists a series of important urban centers that relate intensely among them and to the exterior. This one is the case of bordering zones to the urban region that they extend around the cities of Tarragona and Girona. They are areas with a great economic dependence and services to the capital. They are narrow corridors well communicated to Barcelona, both by highway and railroad, which there fuse the metropolitan areas of these cities with the urban region. The PUR of Barcelona comprises 6,103,221 people in an area of 6,005 km2.

Barcelona Polynuclear Urban Region is conceived as "isolated islands of significant growth" which, may develop into zones of global economic integration. This is, however, not intended to happen at the cost of the global competitive position of the present core area.[10]

Municipalities of metropolitan area - population and area[]

First zone[]

  • Barcelona 1,621,537 hab. / 101,4 km2
  • L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 257,038 hab. / 12,5 km2
  • Badalona 219,547 hab. / 21,2 km2
  • Santa Coloma de Gramenet 119,717 hab. / 7 km2
  • Sant Cugat del Vallès 87,118 hab. / 48 km2
  • Cornellà de Llobregat 86,519 hab. / 7 km2
  • Sant Boi de Llobregat 82,428 hab. / 22 km2
  • Viladecans 63,489 hab. / 20 km2
  • El Prat de Llobregat 63,418 hab. / 31 km2
  • Castelldefels 62,080 hab. / 13 km2
  • Cerdanyola del Vallès 58,747 hab. / 32 km2
  • Esplugues de Llobregat 46,862 hab. / 5 km2
  • Gavà 45,994 hab. / 31 km2
        

Second zone[]

       

Third zone[]

       

Municipalities of Polynuclear Urban Region - population and area[]

Tarragona area[]

  • Albinyana 2,200 hab. / 19 km2
  • Alcover 4,731 hab. / 46 km2
  • Altafulla 4,415 hab. / 7 km2
  • Bonastre 584 hab. / 25 km2
  • Cambrils 29,112 hab. / 35 km2
  • El Catllar 3,751 hab. / 26 km2
  • Constantí 6,183 hab. / 31 km2
  • Creixell 2,952 hab. / 11 km2
  • Els Garidells 198 hab. / 3 km2
  • La Masó 287 hab. / 4 km2
  • El Milà 177 hab. / 4 km2
        

Girona area[]

       

See also[]

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References[]

  1. ^ Demographia: World Urban Areas, 2013
  2. ^ "Urban Audit". Eurostat. 2006. Archived from the original on 2009-02-12.
  3. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Urbanization Prospects (2009 revision) Archived October 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, (United Nations, 2010), Table A.12. Data for 2007.
  4. ^ Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Competitive Cities in the Global Economy, OECD Territorial Reviews, (OECD Publishing, 2006), Table 1.1
  5. ^ "Population by sex and age groups on 1 January" - Eurostat, 2012
  6. ^ Àmbit Metropolità. Sèrie temporal (in Catalan)
  7. ^ Most Populous Metropolitan Areas In Europe - blatantworld.com
  8. ^ Europe: metropolitan areas Archived February 10, 2013, at archive.today - World Gazetteer, 2012
  9. ^ EURBANET project Archived December 31, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ EURBANET: Introduction Theoretical Framework[permanent dead link] - Delft University of Technology, 2002
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