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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)[1]
- the "Larger Urban Zone" (LUZs)[2] of Urban Audit project (2004), supported by the European Union.[3] Not all cities were included in this survey.[3]
- calculations by Francisco Ruiz from data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2008 estimates).[4][5] As well as "metropolitan area" data,[6] Ruiz has produced larger conurbation data for some areas.[7] 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.
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- ^ IGEAT; IGSO; LATTS; TSAC (March 2007). ESPON project 1.4.3: Study on Urban Functions: Final Report (PDF). ESPON. ISBN 978-2-9600467-2-4. Retrieved 2009-04-09.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "What is the Urban Audit?". Archived from the original on 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
- ^ a b "Welcome to the Urban Audit web site". Archived from the original on 2013-05-31. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
- ^ Ruiz, Francisco. "AUDES - Áreas Urbanas de España" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
- ^ Ruiz, Francisco. "Población de España - datos y mapas" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
- ^ Ruiz, Francisco (2008-12-30). "Población de las áreas urbanas y metropolitanas" (in Spanish). Archived from the original (XLS) on 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
- ^ Ruiz, Francisco (2008-12-30). "Conurbaciones" (in Spanish). Archived from the original (XLS) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-04-09.