List of metropolitan areas in Europe

      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.
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      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.

      List includes metropolitan areas according only studies of ESPON, Eurostat, United Nations, OECD and "CityPopulation Studies". For this reason some metropolitan areas, like Italian Genoa Metropolitan Area (population is over 1.510.000 as of 2012 according "CityRailway" Official Report),aren't included in this list, with datas by other statistic survey institutes.

      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.

      Metropolitan areas

        Within the European Union
      Metropolitan area name Country ESPON 1.4.3[1] Metropolitan regions[2] UN WUP[3] OECD[4] Citypopulation.de[5]
      Amsterdam metropolitan area  Netherlands 70062497000000000002,497,000[6] 70063709474000000003,709,474 70061049000000000001,049,000 70067500000000000007,500,000[6] 70061970000000000001,970,000
      Antwerp  Belgium 70061406000000000001,406,000[7] 7005998211000000000998,211 7005965000000000000965,000 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000Not listed
      Athens  Greece 70063761000000000003,761,000 70064119793000000004,119,793 70063257000000000003,257,000 70063900000000000003,900,000 70063775000000000003,775,000
      Barcelona metropolitan area  Spain 70064082000000000004,082,000[8] 70065375774000000005,375,774 70065083000000000005,083,000 70064900000000000004,900,000 70064500000000000004,500,000
      Baku  Azerbaijan 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000No data 70061972000000000001,972,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061940000000000001,940,000
      Belgrade  Serbia 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000No data 70061617000000000001,617,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061750000000000001,750,000
      Berlin  Germany 70064016000000000004,016,000 70065055116000000005,055,116 70063450000000000003,450,000 70066000000000000006,000,000 70064325000000000004,325,000
      Bremen  Germany 70061077000000000001,077,000 70061244363000000001,244,363 5000000000000000000Not listed 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000Not listed
      Greater Bristol  United Kingdom 70061041000000000001,041,000 70061090080000000001,090,080 5000000000000000000Not listed 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000Not listed
      Brussels-Capital Region  Belgium 70062639000000000002,639,000[7] 70063570409000000003,570,409 70061904000000000001,904,000 70063800000000000003,800,000 70061910000000000001,910,000
      Bucharest metropolitan area  Romania 70062064000000000002,064,000 70062267419000000002,267,419 70061934000000000001,934,000 5000000000000000000No data 70062075000000000002,075,000
      Budapest metropolitan area  Hungary 70062523000000000002,523,000 70062971246000000002,971,246 70061706000000000001,706,000 70062800000000000002,800,000 70062525000000000002,525,000
      Cardiff and South Wales valleys  United Kingdom 70061097000000000001,097,000 70061085526000000001,085,526 5000000000000000000Not listed 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000Not listed
      Copenhagen metropolitan area  Denmark 70061881000000000001,881,000[9] 70061893010000000001,893,010 70061186000000000001,186,000 70062400000000000002,400,000 70061420000000000001,420,000
      Donetsk  Ukraine 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000No data 7005966000000000000966,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061450000000000001,450,000
      Dnipropetrovsk  Ukraine 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000No data 70061004000000000001,004,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061360000000000001,360,000
      Dublin Metropolitan Area  Ireland 70061477000000000001,477,000 70061742600000000001,742,600 70061274000000000001,274,000 70061800000000000001,800,000 70061100000000000001,100,000
      Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Region  Germany 70062764000000000002,764,000[10] 70063687166000000003,687,166 5000000000000000000Not listed 70065600000000000005,600,000 70061940000000000001,940,000
      Greater Glasgow  United Kingdom 70061395000000000001,395,000 70061789003000000001,789,003 70061170000000000001,170,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061430000000000001,430,000
      The Hague  Netherlands 70061404000000000001,404,000[6] Part of amsterdam 5000000000000000000Not listed 70067500000000000007,500,000[6] 70062900000000000002,900,000[11]
      Hamburg Metropolitan Region  Germany 70062983000000000002,983,000 70063209759000000003,209,759 70061786000000000001,786,000 70064600000000000004,600,000 70062625000000000002,625,000
      Helsinki Metropolitan Area  Finland 70061285000000000001,285,000 70061532309000000001,532,309 70061115000000000001,115,000 70061800000000000001,800,000 70061120000000000001,120,000
      Istanbul  Turkey 5000000000000000000No data 700711044642000000011,044,642 (2004) 700710525000000000010,525,000 700711400000000000011,400,000 700713000000000000013,000,000
      Katowice metropolitan area  Poland 70063029000000000003,029,000[12] 70063450141000000003,450,141 (2011) 5000000000000000000Not listed 5000000000000000000No data 70062450000000000002,450,000
      Kazan  Russia 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000No data 70061140000000000001,140,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061140000000000001,140,000
      Kharkiv  Ukraine 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000No data 70061453000000000001,453,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061590000000000001,590,000
      Kiev metropolitan area  Ukraine 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000No data 70062805000000000002,805,000 5000000000000000000No data 70063225000000000003,225,000
      Kraków metropolitan area  Poland 70061236000000000001,236,000 70061276438000000001,276,438 7005756000000000000756,000 70062100000000000002,100,000 5000000000000000000Not listed
      West Yorkshire (Bradford & Leeds)  United Kingdom 70062302000000000002,302,000 70062238127000000002,238,127 70061547000000000001,547,000 70062100000000000002,100,000 70062250000000000002,250,000
      Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai  France/
       Belgium      		 70061379000000000001,379,000[13] 70062572374000000002,572,374 70061033000000000001,033,000 70062600000000000002,600,000 70061240000000000001,240,000[14]
      Lisbon Metropolitan Area  Portugal 70062591000000000002,591,000 70062839908000000002,839,908 70062824000000000002,824,000 70062700000000000002,700,000 70062575000000000002,575,000
      Liverpool  United Kingdom 70062241000000000002,241,000 70061352000000000001,352,000 7005819000000000000819,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061350000000000001,350,000
      Łódź  Poland 70061165000000000001,165,000 70061116660000000001,116,660 5000000000000000000Not listed 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000Not listed
      London metropolitan area  United Kingdom 700713709000000000013,709,000 700715010295000000015,010,295 70068631000000000008,631,000 70067400000000000007,400,000 700712500000000000012,500,000
      Lyon  France 70061669000000000001,669,000 70061721999000000001,721,999 70061468000000000001,468,000 70061600000000000001,600,000 70061470000000000001,470,000
      Madrid metropolitan area  Spain 70065263000000000005,263,000 70066369162000000006,369,162 70065851000000000005,851,000 70065600000000000005,600,000 70065400000000000005,400,000
      Greater Manchester  United Kingdom 70062556000000000002,556,000 70062615144000000002,615,144 70062253000000000002,253,000 70062500000000000002,500,000 70062625000000000002,625,000
      Marseille  France 70061530000000000001,530,000 7006197816400000000 70061469000000000001,469,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061470000000000001,470,000
      Milan metropolitan area  Italy 70064136000000000004,136,000[15] 70068071274000000008,071,274 70063115392000000003,115,392 70067400000000000007,400,000 70064575000000000004,575,000
      Minsk  Belarus 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000No data 70061852000000000001,852,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061860000000000001,860,000
      Moscow metropolitan area  Russia 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000No data 700710550000000000010,550,000 5000000000000000000No data 700714800000000000014,800,000
      Munich  Germany 70062665000000000002,665,000[16] 70062808581000000002,808,581 70061349000000000001,349,000 70066100000000000006,100,000 70062025000000000002,025,000
      Naples metropolitan area  Italy 70062905000000000002,905,000[17] 70063080873000000003,080,873 70062276000000000002,276,000 70063100000000000003,100,000 70064150000000000004,150,000
      Nice  France 70061082000000000001,082,000 7006108284700000000 7005941000000000000941,000 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000No data
      Nizhniy Novgorod  Russia 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000No data 70061267000000000001,267,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061760000000000001,760,000
      Nottingham-Derby  United Kingdom 70061534000000000001,534,000 70061129096000000001,129,096 5000000000000000000Not listed 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000Not listed
      Nuremberg  Germany 70061443000000000001,443,000 70061301504000000001,301,504 5000000000000000000Not listed 5000000000000000000No data 70061060000000000001,060,000
      Odessa  Ukraine 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000No data 70061009000000000001,009,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061070000000000001,070,000
      Greater Oslo  Norway 70061037000000000001,037,000 70061144883000000001,144,883 7005888000000000000888,000 70061700000000000001,700,000 5000000000000000000Not listed
      Paris metropolitan area  France 700711175000000000011,175,000 700711797021000000011,797,021 (2011) 700710485000000000010,485,000 700711200000000000011,200,000 700710500000000000010,500,000
      Perm  Russia 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000No data 7005982000000000000982,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061040000000000001,040,000
      Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto  Portugal 70061245000000000001,245,000[18] 70061286111000000001,286,111 70061355000000000001,355,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061240000000000001,240,000
      Portsmouth-Southampton  United Kingdom 70061547000000000001,547,000 70061498402000000001,498,402[19] 5000000000000000000Not listed 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000Not listed
      Prague  Czech Republic 70061669000000000001,669,000 70062522136000000002,522,136 70061162000000000001,162,000 70062300000000000002,300,000 70061390000000000001,390,000
      Rhein-Nord[20] (Düsseldorf-Neuss)  Germany 70063073000000000003,073,000[21] 70067790763000000007,790,763[22] 5000000000000000000Not listed 700713400000000000013,400,000[21] 70061220000000000001,220,000[22]
      Rhein-Süd[20] (Cologne/Bonn Region)  Germany 70063070000000000003,070,000[21] 70063023545000000003,023,545[23] 70061001000000000001,001,000[23] 700713400000000000013,400,000[21] 70061900000000000001,900,000[23]
      Riga  Latvia 70061195000000000001,195,000 70061089767000000001,089,767 5000000000000000000Not listed 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000Not listed
      Rome metropolitan area  Italy 70063190000000000003,190,000 70064194068000000004,194,068 70063362000000000003,362,000 70063700000000000003,700,000 70063300000000000003,300,000
      Rostov-on-Don  Russia 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000No data 70061046000000000001,046,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061190000000000001,190,000
      Rotterdam  Netherlands 70061904000000000001,904,000[6] 70062808550000000002,808,550 70061010000000000001,010,000 70067500000000000007,500,000[6] 70062900000000000002,900,000[24]
      Ruhr area[20] (Essen – Bochum – Dortmund)  Germany 70065376000000000005,376,000[21] 70067790763000000007,790,763 5000000000000000000Not listed 700713400000000000013,400,000[21] 70064650000000000004,650,000[25]
      Saarbrücken - Forbach  Germany/
       France      		 70061102000000000001,102,000 7005822128000000000822,128 5000000000000000000Not listed 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000Not listed
      Saint Petersburg  Russia 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000No data 70064575000000000004,575,000 5000000000000000000No data 70064775000000000004,775,000
      Samara  Russia 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000No data 70061131000000000001,131,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061270000000000001,270,000
      Saratov  Russia 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000No data 7005822000000000000822,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061070000000000001,070,000
      Seville  Spain 70061180000000000001,180,000[26] 70061877060000000001,877,060 5000000000000000000Not listed 5000000000000000000No data 70061340000000000001,340,000
      Sofia  Bulgaria 70061174000000000001,174,000 70061259446000000001,259,446 70061196000000000001,196,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061260000000000001,260,000
      Metropolitan Stockholm  Sweden 70062171000000000002,171,000 70062034354000000002,034,354 70061285000000000001,285,000 70062200000000000002,200,000 70062075000000000002,075,000
      South Yorkshire (Sheffield)  United Kingdom 70061569000000000001,569,000 70061596298000000001,596,298 5000000000000000000Not listed 5000000000000000000No data 70061330000000000001,330,000
      Stuttgart Metropolitan Region  Germany 70062289000000000002,289,000 70062678795000000002,678,795 5000000000000000000Not listed 70062700000000000002,700,000 70061980000000000001,980,000
      Tbilisi  Georgia 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000No data 70061120000000000001,120,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061220000000000001,220,000
      Thessaloniki Metropolitan Area  Greece 70061052000000000001,052,000 70061166914000000001,166,914 7005837000000000000837,000 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000Not listed
      Turin metropolitan area  Italy 70061601000000000001,601,000[27] 70062302353000000002,302,353 70061665000000000001,665,000 70062200000000000002,200,000 70061690000000000001,690,000
      Newcastle-Sunderland  United Kingdom 70061599000000000001,599,000 70061141879000000001,141,879 7005891000000000000891,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061110000000000001,110,000
      Ufa  Russia 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000No data 70061023000000000001,023,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061040000000000001,040,000
      Valencia  Spain 70061398000000000001,398,000 [28] 70062516818000000002,516,818 7005814000000000000814,000 70062300000000000002,300,000 70061780000000000001,780,000
      Vienna  Austria 70062584000000000002,584,000 70062339807000000002,339,807 70061706000000000001,706,000 70062200000000000002,200,000 70062025000000000002,025,000
      Volgograd  Russia 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000No data 7005977000000000000977,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061360000000000001,360,000
      Warsaw metropolitan area  Poland 70062785000000000002,785,000 70063253214000000003,253,214 70061712000000000001,712,000 70063000000000000003,000,000 70062225000000000002,225,000
      West Midlands (Birmingham)  United Kingdom 70063683000000000003,683,000 70062332629000000002,332,629 70062302000000000002,302,000 70062600000000000002,600,000 70062650000000000002,650,000
      Yerevan  Armenia 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000No data 70061112000000000001,112,000 5000000000000000000No data 70061230000000000001,230,000
      Zagreb  Croatia 70061107115000000001,107,115 7006112337400000000 5000000000000000000Not listed 5000000000000000000No data 5000000000000000000Not listed
      Zürich metropolitan area  Switzerland 70061615000000000001,615,000 70061984534000000001,984,534 70061150000000000001,150,000 70062500000000000002,500,000 70061180000000000001,180,000
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      Polycentric metropolitan areas

      (Only European Union) without Commonwealth of Independent States and Turkey)

      Rank Area State Population[29]
      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 6,011,000
      6 Katowice (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
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      See also

      Regional and country-specific lists

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      Notes and references

      1. ^ European Spatial Planning Observation Network, Study on Urban Functions (Project 1.4.3), Final Report, Chapter 3, (ESPON, 2007)
      2. ^ Eurostat,http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/submitViewTableAction.do
      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. ^ Thomas Brinkoff, Principal Agglomerations of the World, accessed on 2009-03-12. Data for 2011-04-01.
      6. ^ 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.
      7. ^ 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.
      8. ^ Total population is 4,251,000 if the metropolitan area of Mataro (169,000) is included.
      9. ^ Part of the wider Öresund region, which includes the Swedish metropolitan area of Malmö (961,000). The total regional population is 2,842,000.
      10. ^ 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).
      11. ^ Includes Rotterdam
      12. ^ 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).
      13. ^ Part of the wider Lille-Bassin Minier region with a total population of 3,115,000.
      14. ^ Includes Kortrijk
      15. ^ Part of a wider polycentric urban region with a population of 6,011,000.
      16. ^ When combined with the Augsburg metropolitan area (606,000), the region has a total population of 3,271,000.
      17. ^ Part of a wider polycentric urban region with a population of 3,714,000/
      18. ^ Part of a wider polycentric urban region with a population of 1,778,000.
      19. ^ Excludes Southampton
      20. ^ a b c Polycentric metropolitan area
      21. ^ a b c d e f Part of the polycentric urban region of Rhein-Ruhr, which has a total population of 12,190,000.
      22. ^ a b Excludes Duisburg, Krefeld, Mönchen-Gladbach
      23. ^ a b c Excludes Bonn
      24. ^ Includes The Hague
      25. ^ Includes Duisburg
      26. ^ Total population is 1,262,000 if the metropolitan area of Utrera (82,000) is included.
      27. ^ Total population is 1,716,000 if the metropolitan of Pinerolo is included.
      28. ^ Total population is 1,499,000 if the metropolitan area of Sagunto is included.
      29. ^ European Spatial Planning Observation Network, Study on Urban Functions (Project 1.4.3), Final Report, Chapter 3, (ESPON, 2007) page 241-243
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