thumb|upright=1.6|Infographic based on Corinne Land Cover 2018. IGN.

This is a list of the largest metropolitan areas in Spain by population.

Estimates are from the following sources:

  • the "Functional Urban Areas" (FUAs) of the Study on Urban Functions of the European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON, 2007)
  • the "Larger Urban Zone" (LUZs) of Urban Audit project (2004), supported by the European Union. Not all cities were included in this survey. As well as "metropolitan area" data, Ruiz has produced larger conurbation data for some areas. The "conurbation" figure is used where available, and is cited as such; otherwise, the "metropolitan area" figure is used.

The figures differ between the reports due to the difference in survey dates and differences in methodology. For example, ESPON considers Oviedo–Gijón–Avilés as a single FUA, while Urban Audit has separate LUZs for Oviedo and Gijón. Similarly, Vilanova i la Geltrú is included in Barcelona metropolitan area by ESPON, but as a separate conurbation by Ruiz.

List

thumb|upright|1. [[Madrid]]

thumb|upright|2. [[Barcelona]]

alt=|thumb|3. [[Valencia|172x172px]]

thumb|upright|4. [[Seville]]

thumb|upright|5. [[Bilbao]]

thumb|upright|6. [[Málaga]]

thumb|upright|7. [[Gijón–Oviedo–Avilés]]

thumb|upright|8. [[Alicante–Elche]]

thumb|upright|9. [[Las Palmas]]thumb|upright|10. [[Zaragoza]]

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!Metropolitan area (2018)

!ESPON

!Urban Audit

!Ruiz

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|Madrid

|6,155,116

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|Málaga

|944,000

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|Asturias (Gijón-Oviedo)

|844,000

| <br/><small>(295,640 + 321,660)</small>

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|Murcia

|623,000

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|Granada

|440,000

|—

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|Palma

|433,000

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|Vigo

|413,000

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|Tarragona(–Reus)

|325,000

|—

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|Córdoba

|314,000

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|Pamplona

|286,000

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|Castellón de la Plana

|259,000

|—

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|Algeciras–La Línea

|206,000

|—

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|Huelva

|193,000

|—

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|Almería

|192,000

|—

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|Salamanca

|192,000

|—

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|Jerez de la Frontera

|189,000

|—

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|León

|187,000

|—

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|Albacete

|185,000

|—

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|Jaén-Martos

|180,000

|—

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|Burgos

|176,000

|—

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|Logroño

|156,000

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|Ferrol–Narón

|155,000

|—

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|Lleida

|147,000

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|Girona–Salt

|144,000

|—

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|Pontevedra–Marín

|142,000

|—

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|Badajoz

|141,000

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|La Orotava–Puerto de la Cruz(–Los Realejos)

|140,000

|—

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|Santiago de Compostela

|138,000

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|Ourense

|137,000

|—

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|Benidorm(–La Vila Joiosa)

|134,000

|—

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|Gandia(–Oliva)

|132,000

|—

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|Blanes(–Pineda de Mar–Lloret de Mar)

|131,000

|—

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|Manresa

|122,000

|—

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|Marbella

|116,000

|—

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|Torrelavega

|116,000

|—

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|Vic–Manlleu

|111,000

|—

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|Guadalajara

|104,000

|—

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|Lugo

|99,000

|—

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|Palencia

|99,000

|—

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|Toledo

|95,000

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See also

  • Demographics of Spain
  • List of cities (municipalities) of Spain
  • List of metropolitan areas in Europe
  • List of urban areas of the European Union

References

  • Largest Cities in Europe