List of metropolitan areas in Europe
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This list ranks metropolitan areas in Europe by their population according to three different sources; it includes metropolitan areas that have a population of over 1 million.
Sources
List includes metropolitan areas according only to the studies of ESPON, Eurostat, and OECD. For this reason some metropolitan areas, like the Italian Genoa Metropolitan Area (with a population of 1,510,781 as of 2010[1]) or the Ukrainian Kryvyi Rih metropolitan area (with a population of 1,170,953 as of 2019[2]), are not included in this list, with data by other statistic survey institutes.
Population figures correspond to the populations of Functional urban areas (FUA). The concept of a functional urban area defines a metropolitan area as a 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 first two population columns use a harmonised definition of a Functional urban area developed jointly in 2011, with delimitation basing on the DEGURBA method.[3][4]
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.
Metropolitan areas
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Polycentric metropolitan areas in the European Union
| Rank | Area | State | Population[7] |
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| 1 | Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region | Script error: No such module "flag". | 12,190,000 |
| 2 | Randstad | Script error: No such module "flag". | 6,787,000 |
| 3 | Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area | Script error: No such module "flag"./ Script error: No such module "flag". | 5,294,000 |
| 4 | Flemish Diamond | Script error: No such module "flag". | 5,103,000 |
| 5 | Vienna-Bratislava metropolitan region | Script error: No such module "flag"./ Script error: No such module "flag". | 4,600,000 |
See also
- List of European cities by population within city limits
- List of urban areas in Europe
- List of European city regions
- Lists of cities in Europe
- List of largest cities in the European Union by population within city limits
- List of urban areas in the European Union
- List of European Union cities proper by population density
- 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 Belgium
- List of metropolitan areas in France
- List of metropolitan areas in Germany
- List of metropolitan areas in Italy
- List of metropolitan areas in Poland
- List of metropolitan areas in Romania
- List of metropolitan areas in Spain
- List of metropolitan areas in Sweden
- List of metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom
Notes
References
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External links
- Geopolis: research group, university of Paris-Diderot, France - Population of urban areas of 10,000 or more
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