Barcelona metropolitan area

Barcelona metropolitan area
This article is about the metropolitan area. For the administrative area, see Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB, Greater Barcelona).
Barcelona metropolitan area
área metropolitana de Barcelona
—  metropolitan area  —
Country Spain
Region Catalonia
City Barcelona
Area
 - Metro 4,000 km2 (1,544.4 sq mi)
Population
 Metro 5,000,000 increase
 - Metro density 1,250/km2 (3,237.5/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
GDP 2008
Nominal $177 billion (4th in EU)

Barcelona metropolitan area (Spanish: área metropolitana de Barcelona, Catalan: área metropolitana de Barcelona) is the metropolitan area in Catalonia, north of Spain, centered on the city of Barcelona. With a population of around 5 million, this is one of the biggest metropolitan areas in Europe.

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Overview

The urban area - core of metropolitan area - has a population of 4,210,000[1] being the sixth-most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, London, Ruhr area, Madrid and Milan. The urban zone has a population of 4,440,629[2] according to Eurostat.

Metropolitan area, according to United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs has a population of 5,083,000[3], according to Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has a population of 4,900,000[4] and according to Idescat has a population of 5,012,961.[5]

The Zones

Barcelona metropolitan area
Population Area(km2) Density
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 Bercelona) 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).

Polynuclear Urban Region

P.U.R. of Barcelona
Population Area(km2) Density
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 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 would rely on so 6.103.221 people in an area of 6.005 km 2.

Municipalities of metropolitan area - population and area

First zone

       

Second zone

       

Third zone

       

Municipalities of Polynuclear Urban Region - population and area

Tarragona area

   
  • El Morell 2.855 hab. / 6 km2
  • La Nou de Gaià 461 hab. / 4 km2
  • Els Pallaresos 3.538 hab. / 5 km2
  • Perafort 996 hab. / 10 km2
  • La Pobla de Mafumet 1.734 hab. / 12 km2
  • Pobla de Montornès 2.568 hab. / 12 km2
  • Reus 104.835 hab. / 53 km2
  • La Riera de Gaià 1.453 hab. / 9 km2
  • Riudoms 6.149 hab. / 32 km2
  • Roda de Barà 5.586 hab. / 16 km2
  • El Rourell 362 hab. / 2 km2
  • Salomó 445 hab. / 12 km2
   
  • Salou 23.398 hab. / 15 km2
  • La Secuita 1.363 hab. / 18 km2
  • La Selva del Camp 5.097 hab. / 35 km2
  • Tarragona 134.163 hab. / 63 km2
  • Torredembarra 14.524 hab. / 9 km2
  • Vallmoll 1.529 hab. / 17 km2
  • Valls 23.948 hab. / 55 km2
  • Vespella de Gaià 379 hab. / 18 km2
  • Vilallonga del Camp 1.631 hab. / 9 km2
  • Vila-seca 18.678 hab. / 22 km2
  • Vinyols i els Arcs 1.594 hab. / 11 km2

Girona area

  • Aiguaviva 614 hab. / 14 km2
  • Begur 4.086 hab. / 20 km2
  • Bescanó 4.121 hab. / 36 km2
  • Brunyola 365 hab. / 37 km2
  • Caldes de Malavella 6.067 hab. / 57 km2
  • Calonge 10.009 hab. / 34 km2
  • Campllong 400 hab. / 9 km2
  • Cassà de la Selva 8.994 hab. / 46 km2
  • Castell-Platja d'Aro 9.766 hab. / 22 km2
  • Celrà 3.947 hab. / 19 km2
  • Fornells de la Selva 1.971 hab. / 12 km2
       

See also

RUBI.PNG
  • Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona, one of the seven territories defined by the Regional Plan of Catalonia
  • Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB) (also English Greater Barcelona), integrated territorial executive bodies

References

  1. ^ Demographia: World Urban Areas
  2. ^ "Urban Audit". Eurostat. 2006. http://www.urbanaudit.org/help.aspx. 
  3. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Urbanization Prospects (2009 revision), (United Nations, 2010), Table A.12. Data for 2007.
  4. ^ Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Competitive Cities in the Global Economy, OECD Territorial Reviews, (OECD Publishing, 2006), Table 1.1
  5. ^ Àmbit Metropolità. Sèrie temporal (catalan)

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