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Urban area in Catalonia, Spain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 one of the largest urban areas in Europe.
The urban area – the core of the metropolitan area – of Barcelona has a population of 4,604,000,[2] 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[3] 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,[4] according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development it has a population of 4,900,000[5] and according to the Eurostat it has a population of 5,375,774.[6] According to Idescat it has a population of 5,029,181,[7] according to BlatantWorld.com it has a population of 4,992,778[8] and according to World Gazetteer it has a population of 5,068,252.[9]
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 |
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[10] 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.[11]
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