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This is a list of metropolitan areas. For a list of urban areas, see Largest urban areas of the European Union
Largest urban areas of the European Union
This is a list of all the urban areas of the European Union which have more than 750,000 inhabitants in 2005.This list is an attempt to present a consistent list of population figures for urban areas in the European Union. All the figures here have been compiled by Demographia.-Important notes:*...

. For a list of cities proper, see Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits
Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits
This is a list of the largest cities in the European Union by population within city limits which have more than 300,000 inhabitants. It deals exclusively with the areas within city administrative boundaries as opposed to urban areas or metropolitan areas, which are generally larger in terms of...

. For a list of European cities by country, see List of cities in Europe.


This is a list of metropolitan area
Metropolitan area
A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence, or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central cities and their zone of influence...

s in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains , and the Black Sea to the southeast...

, with their population according to five different sources. The list includes metropolitan areas that have a population of over 1 million.

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
Eurostat
Eurostat is a Directorate-General of the European Commission located in Luxembourg. Its main responsibilities are to provide the European Union with statistical information at European level and to promote the harmonisation of statistical methods across the Member States of the European Union,...

's Urban Audit and correspond to Larger Urban Zones (LUZ). Figures in the third column come from the UN
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace...

'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.

List



Metropolitan area name Country ESPON 1.4.3 Urban Audit UN WUP OECD Citypopulation.de
Amsterdam metropolitan area
Amsterdam Metropolitan Area
The Amsterdam metropolitan area is a name given to the monocentric metropolitan area around the Dutch capital Amsterdam...

Netherlands 2,497,000 1,443,258 1,031,000 7,500,000 1,930,000
Antwerp
Antwerp
||-||-||-||}Antwerp is a city and municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp province in Flanders, one of Belgium's three regions. Antwerp's total population is 472,071 and its total area is , giving a population density of 2,308 inhabitants per km²...

Belgium 1,406,000 915,218 920,000 No data Not listed
Athens
Athens
Athens , the capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the world's oldest cities, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....

Greece 3,761,000 4,013,368 3,242,000 3,900,000 3,750,000
Barcelona metropolitan area
Barcelona metropolitan area
The Área Metropolitana de Barcelona , often referred to as Greater Barcelona, is integrated by three territorial organisms of management...

Spain 4,082,000 4,233,638 4,920,000 4,900,000 4,250,000
Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade Belgrade Belgrade (Serbian Cyrillic: Београд, Serbian Latin: Beograd (meaning "White City" in Serbian) is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies on two international waterways, at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where Central Europe's Pannonian Plain meets...

Serbia No data No data 1,576,000 No data 1,710,000
Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city and the eighth most populous urban area in the European Union...

Germany 4,016,000 4,971,331 3,406,000 6,000,000 4,275,000
Bremen
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A port city along the river Weser, about south from its mouth on the North Sea, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area...

Germany 1,077,000 1,249,291 Not listed No data Not listed
Greater Bristol
Greater Bristol
Greater Bristol is a term used for the conurbation which contains and surrounds the city of Bristol in the South West of England. There is no official "Greater Bristol" authority, but the term is sometimes used by local, regional and national authorities, and others as a synonym for either the...

United Kingdom 1,041,000 1,006,600 Not listed No data Not listed
Brussels-Capital Region Belgium 2,639,000 1,800,663 1,743,000 3,800,000 1,850,000
Bucharest metropolitan area
Bucharest metropolitan area
The Bucharest metropolitan area includes Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, and surrounding communes. It has a population of about 2.2 million, only slightly larger than that of the city proper...

Romania 2,064,000 2,140,194 1,942,000 No data 2,125,000
Budapest metropolitan area
Budapest metropolitan area
The Budapest Metropolitan Area or Budapest Agglomeration is a metropolitan area in Central Hungary. It means Greater Budapest and it's commuter belt. It has a population of 2.503 million...

Hungary 2,523,000 2,393,846 1,679,000 2,800,000 2,300,000
Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for Wales. According to recent estimates, the...

United Kingdom 1,097,000 841,600 Not listed No data Not listed
Copenhagen metropolitan area
Copenhagen metropolitan area
The Copenhagen metropolitan area around the city of Copenhagen, Denmark, has a population of 1,834,492 and an area of 2,861.41 km²This metropolitan area is the largest in Scandinavia in terms of population, though it has the same population density as the bigger area of Metropolitan Stockholm.The...

Denmark 1,881,000 1,806,667 1,085,000 2,400,000 1,390,000
Donetsk
Donetsk
Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river...

Ukraine No data No data 988,000 No data 1,850,000
Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk is Ukraine's third largest city with 1.1 million inhabitants. There is also another name for the city - Sicheslav...

Ukraine No data No data 1,050,000 No data 1,360,000
Dublin Metropolitan Area
Dublin Metropolitan Area
Dublin Metropolitan Area is a term used by various bodies to describe the area of Dublin, Ireland, and its surrounding counties which have an urban designation; between these bodies its definition is not always consistent.-Garda usage:...

Ireland 1,477,000 1,535,446 1,059,000 1,600,000 1,080,000
Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Region Germany 2,764,000 2,517,561 Not listed 5,600,000 1,930,000
Greater Glasgow
Greater Glasgow
Greater Glasgow is an urban settlement in Scotland consisting of all localities which are physically attached to the city of Glasgow, forming with it a single contiguous urban area...

United Kingdom 1,395,000 1,747,100 1,160,000 No data 1,420,000
The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the third largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 485,818 and an area of approximately 100 km²...

Netherlands 1,404,000 978,161 Not listed 7,500,000 1,420,000
Hamburg Metropolitan Region
Hamburg Metropolitan Region
The Metropolregion Hamburg is the compilation of 8 rural districts in the German federal state of Lower Saxony, 6 districts in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein and the city-state of Hamburg in northern Germany...

Germany 2,983,000 3,134,620 1,757,000 4,600,000 2,575,000
Helsinki Metropolitan Area Finland 1,285,000 1,224,107 1,115,000 1,800,000 1,100,000
Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey and fifth largest city proper in the world with a population of 12.6 million. Istanbul is also a megacity, as well as the cultural and financial centre of Turkey. The city covers 39 districts of the Istanbul province...

Turkey No data 11,044,642 10,061,000 11,400,000 12,500,000
Katowice metropolitan area Poland 3,029,000 2,710,397 Not listed No data 2,775,000
Kazan
Kazan
Kazan is the capital city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, and one of Russia's largest cities. It is a major industrial, commercial and cultural center, and remains the most important center of Tatar culture. Since April 2009 Kazan has the legal right to brand itself as the "Third Capital" of...

Russia No data No data 1,115,000 No data 1,120,000
Kharkiv
Kharkiv
Kharkiv , also spelled Kharkov is the second largest city in Ukraine.It was the first capital of Soviet Ukraine, now the administrative centre of the Kharkiv Oblast , as well as the administrative centre of the surrounding Kharkivskyi Raion within the oblast. The city is located in the northeast...

Ukraine No data No data 1,461,000 No data 1,830,000
Kiev metropolitan area
Kiev metropolitan area
The Kiev metropolitan area is an agglomeration consisting of the capital of Ukraine, Kiev, its satellite towns and nearest rural areas closely bound to the city by employment and commerce....

Ukraine No data No data 2,709,000 No data 3,400,000
Kraków metropolitan area Poland 1,236,000 1,264,322 756,000 2,100,000 Not listed
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

 (Bradford
Bradford
Bradford is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...

 & Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. The historic core at the heart of Leeds in 2001 had an estimated subdivision population of 443,247, whilst the entire city, that includes the urban and suburban areas incorporated into the city in 1974, had an estimated...

)
United Kingdom 2,302,000 2,393,300 1,529,000 2,100,000 2,125,000
Lille
Lille
Lille is a city in northern France. It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...

France/
Belgium
1,161,000 No data 1,044,000 2,600,000 1,380,000
Lisbon Metropolitan Area
Lisbon Metropolitan Area
Lisbon Metropolitan Area is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities in Portugal. The smaller Grande Lisboa area is a subregion of the NUTS II Lisbon Region by its own right....

Portugal 2,591,000 2,435,837 2,812,000 2,700,000 2,550,000
Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

United Kingdom 2,241,000 1,365,900 811,000 No data 1,330,000
Łódź Poland 1,165,000 1,163,516 758,000 No data 1,060,000
Greater London
London commuter belt
The London commuter belt is the metropolitan area surrounding London, England from which it is possible to commute to work in the capital. It is alternatively known as the London metropolitan area or the Southeast metropolitan area...

United Kingdom 13,709,000 11,917,000 8,567,000 7,400,000 12,300,000
Lyon
Lyon
||-||}Lyon , often Anglicized as Lyons, is a city in east-central France in the region Rhône-Alpes, situated between Paris and Marseille. Its name is pronounced in French and Arpitan, and or in English...

France 1,669,000 1,717,300 1,423,000 1,600,000 1,440,000
Madrid metropolitan area
Madrid metropolitan area
The Madrid Metropolitan Area comprises the city of Madridand forty surrounding municipalities. It has a populationof slightly more than 5.8 million people and covers an areaof 4.609,7 km²...

Spain 5,263,000 5,804,829 5,567,000 5,600,000 6,100,000
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.56 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and...

United Kingdom 2,556,000 2,539,100 2,230,000 2,500,000 2,475,000
Marseille
Marseille
Marseille , formerly known as Massalia , is the 2nd most populous French city as well as the oldest city in France...

France 1,530,000 No data 1,400,000 No data 1,500,000
Milan metropolitan area
Milan metropolitan area
The Milan metropolitan area is the urban agglomeration centred around the city of Milan in Lombardy, Italy , the biggest megalopolis in Italy and one of the largest in Europe....

Italy 4,136,000 3,076,643 2,945,000 7,400,000 3,550,000
Minsk
Minsk
Minsk is the capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach and Niamiha rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States . As the national capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is also the administrative centre of Minsk...

Belarus No data No data 1,805,000 No data 1,790,000
Moscow metropolitan area
Moscow metropolitan area
Moscow metropolitan area or Moscow capital region is the largest metropolitan area in Russia and Europe, with population of about 15 million people.- Structure of Moscow metropolitan area :Moscow metropolitan area includes:* Moscow ,...

Russia No data No data 10,452,000 No data 13,500,000
Munich Metropolitan Region
Munich Metropolitan Region
The Munich Metropolitan Region is one of eleven metropolitan regions in Germany, consisting of the agglomeration areas of Munich, Augsburg, Ingolstadt, Landshut, Rosenheim and Landsberg am Lech...

Germany 2,665,000 2,531,706 1,275,000 6,100,000 1,980,000
Naples metropolitan area
Naples metropolitan area
The Naples metropolitan area is the urban agglomeration centred around the city of Naples in Campania, Italy.The total land area of the extended metropolitan area is 2.260 km² with a population of 4.405.832, the second in Italy by population, the 22% of this coincides with the city of Naples...

Italy 2,905,000 2,253,964 2,250,000 3,100,000 3,075,000
Nizhniy Novgorod Russia No data No data 1,278,000 No data 1,700,000
Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England and is one of only eight members of the English Core Cities Group....

-Derby
Derby
Derby is a city in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...

United Kingdom 1,534,000 825,600 Not listed No data Not listed
Nuremberg
Nuremberg
Nuremberg is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. It is situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal and is Franconia's largest city. It is located about 170 kilometres north of Munich, at 49.27° N 11.5° E. The population is...

Germany 1,443,000 1,288,797 Not listed No data 1,040,000
Odessa metropolitan area
Odessa metropolitan area
The Odessa Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of one county – Ector – in West Texas, anchored by the city of Odessa...

Ukraine No data No data 991,000 No data 1,080,000
Greater Oslo
Greater Oslo
Greater Oslo is a metropolitan region around the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The suburban municipalities are divided into two circles and three sectors, west, north and south. They stretch over the counties of Akershus , Østfold , Buskerud and Oppland...

Norway 1,037,000 1,090,513 835,000 1,700,000 Not listed
Paris metropolitan area
Paris metropolitan area
The aire urbaine of Paris is a statistical area defined by INSEE which is made up of the Paris unité urbaine , an area of contiguously built-up urbanization with the City of Paris at its centre, and a couronne périurbaine that surrounds the unité urbaine...

France 11,175,000 11,089,124 9,904,000 11,200,000 10,000,000
Perm Russia No data No data 997,000 No data 1,070,000
Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto
Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto
The Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto is a metropolitan area in coastal northern Portugal which covers 16 municipalities, including the City of Porto, making up the second biggest urban area in the country...

Portugal 1,245,000 1,099,040 1,337,000 No data 1,220,000
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Portsmouth is a city located in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is the United Kingdom's only island city and is located on Portsea Island. The City of Portsmouth and Portsmouth Football Club are both nicknamed Pompey...

-Southampton
Southampton
Southampton is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England, and is situated south-west of London and north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest...

United Kingdom 1,547,000 489,900 Not listed No data Not listed
Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Nicknames for Prague have included "the mother of cities" , "city of a hundred spires", or Stověžatá Praha in Czech and "the golden city" or Zlaté město in Czech.Situated on the River Vltava in central Bohemia, Prague has been the...

Czech Republic 1,669,000 1,964,750 1,162,000 2,300,000 1,340,000
Rhein-Nord (Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the second most international and economically important centre of Germany, after Frankfurt, and is located in the center of the Rhein-Ruhr area, Europe's most populated metropolitan area...

-Duisburg
Duisburg
Duisburg is a German city in the western part of the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an independent metropolitan borough within Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf...

)
Germany 3,073,000 1,525,029 Not listed 13,400,000 1,320,000
Rhein-Süd (Cologne/Bonn Region
Cologne/Bonn Region
The Cologne/Bonn Region , also known as Cologne/Bonn Metropolitan Region is a metropolitan area in North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany, covering the cities of Cologne, Bonn and Leverkusen, as well as the districts of Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Oberbergischer Kreis, Rhein-Erft-Kreis and Rhein-Sieg-Kreis...

)
Germany 3,070,000 1,873,580 1,004,000 13,400,000 1,870,000
Riga
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia, a major industrial, commercial, cultural and financial centre of the Baltics, and an important seaport, situated on the mouth of the Daugava...

Latvia 1,195,000 1,003,949 Not listed No data Not listed
Rome metropolitan area
Rome metropolitan area
The Rome metropolitan area is the urban agglomeration centred around the city of Rome, the italian capital, in Lazio, Italy.The total land area of the extended metropolitan area is 3.089,24 km² with a population of 3.693.124, the third in Italy by population, the 69% of this coincides with the...

Italy 3,190,000 3,457,690 3,339,000 3,700,000 3,500,000
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don is the city and the administrative center of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia, located on the Don River, just 46 km from the Sea of Azov. Population: -Geography:...

Russia No data No data 1,052,000 No data 1,290,000
Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ; city and municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland, situated in the west of the Netherlands. The municipality is the second largest in the country, with a population of 584,046 as of January 2007...

Netherlands 1,904,000 1,186,818 1,005,000 7,500,000 1,490,000
Ruhr area
Ruhr Area
The Ruhr is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With 4435 km² and a population of some 5.3 million, it is the largest urban agglomeration in Germany...

 (Essen
Essen
Essen is a city in the central part of the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Located on the Ruhr River, its population of approximately 579,000 makes it either the 7th- or 8th-largest-city in Germany...

 – Bochum
Bochum
Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...

 – Dortmund
Dortmund
Dortmund is a city in Germany, located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 587,830 makes it the 7th-largest city in Germany, and 34th-largest in the European Union....

)
Germany 5,376,000 5,302,179 Not listed 13,400,000 5,700,000
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken is the capital of the state of Saarland in Germany. The city sits at the heart of a metropolitan area that bounds westwards to Dillingen and northeastwards to Neunkirchen, in which most of the people of the Saarland live....

 - Forbach
Forbach
Forbach is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.It is located near the German border. Population : 22,784....

Germany/
France
1,102,000 815,317 Not listed No data Not listed
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city's other names were Petrograd and Leningrad...

Russia No data No data 4,553,000 No data 4,750,000
Samara
Samara, Russia
Samara is one of the largest cities in Russia. It is situated in the southeastern part of European Russia, the Volga Federal District. Samara is the capital of Samara Oblast. Population: . The metropolitan area of Samara-Togliatti-Syzran within Samara Region constitutes the population of more...

Russia No data No data 1,137,000 No data 1,410,000
Saratov
Saratov
Saratov is a major city in southern Russia. It is the administrative center of Saratov Oblast and a major port on the Volga River. Population: In addition to ethnic Russians, the city also has many Tatar, Ukrainian, Jewish and German residents.-History:...

Russia No data No data 843,000 No data 1,070,000
Seville
Seville
Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level. The inhabitants of the city are known as Sevillanos or...

Spain 1,180,000 1,249,346 Not listed No data 1,310,000
Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city by population in the European Union, with 1.4 million people living in the Capital Municipality...

Bulgaria 1,174,000 1,263,807 1,185,000 No data 1,250,000
Metropolitan Stockholm
Metropolitan Stockholm
Metropolitan Stockholm , is a metropolitan area surrounding the Swedish capital of Stockholm. Since 2005, Metropolitan Stockholm is defined by official Swedish Statistics as all of Stockholm County...

Sweden 2,171,000 1,860,872 1,264,000 2,200,000 1,970,000
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and the city of Sheffield...

 (Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the city has grown from its largely industrial roots to encompass a wider economic base...

)
United Kingdom 1,569,000 1,277,100 Not listed No data 1,270,000
Stuttgart Metropolitan Region
Stuttgart Metropolitan Region
The Stuttgart Metropolitan Region is a metropolitan area of Germany consisting of the cities of Stuttgart, Heilbronn, Tübingen/Reutlingen. These cities are arranged into three agglomeration areas...

Germany 2,289,000 2,663,660 Not listed 2,700,000 2,650,000
Thessaloniki Metropolitan Area
Thessaloniki Metropolitan Area
The Thessaloniki metropolitan area, has traditionally consisted of the municipality of Thessaloniki and its immediate surroundings. However, since the mid to late 1990s, the area has succumbed to urban sprawl. What used to be agrarian communities are rapidly urbanizing and being developed into...

Greece 1,052,000 995,766 828,000 No data Not listed
Tirana
Tirana
Tirana is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Albania. It was founded in 1614 by Sulejman Pasha and became Albania's capital city in 1920. The Municipality of Tirana lies on the river Ishëm, about inland and is located at in Tirana District, Tirana County...

Albania 898,000 No data No data No data 811,388
Turin metropolitan area
Turin metropolitan area
The Turin metropolitan area is the urban agglomeration centred around the city of Turin in the Piedmont region of north-west Italy. It is defined statistically and does not correspond to a single area of local government...

Italy 1,601,000 1,745,221 1,652,000 2,200,000 1,600,000
Tyneside
Tyneside
Tyneside is a conurbation in northern England, which is home to over 80% of the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. It includes Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Hebburn, Jarrow, North Shields, and South Shields — all settlements on the banks of the River Tyne. The population of the...

United Kingdom 1,599,000 1,055,600 882,000 No data 1,060,000
Ufa
Ufa
Ufa is the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia Ufa is the one of the largest cities of Russia, administrative, political, economic, scientific and cultural center of the republic. Population: 1,021,500 ; 1,042,437...

Russia No data No data 1,018,000 No data 1,070,000
Valencia
Valencia (city in Spain)
Valencia is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Valencia and the third largest city in Spain, with a population of 810,064 in 2008. It is the 22nd-most populous municipality in the European Union and 35th-most populous urban area in the European Union with a...

Spain 1,398,000 1,564,145 808,000 2,300,000 1,630,000
Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital of the Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre. It is the 10th largest city by...

Austria 2,584,000 2,179,769 2,315,000 2,200,000 2,000,000
Volgograd
Volgograd
Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River and has a population of 1.011 millon people...

Russia No data No data 984,000 No data 1,350,000
Warsaw metropolitan area Poland 2,785,000 2,660,406 1,707,000 3,000,000 2,375,000
West Midlands
West Midlands conurbation
The West Midlands conurbation is the name given to the large conurbation that includes the cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton and the large towns of Dudley, Walsall, West Bromwich, Solihull, Stourbridge, Halesowen and Sutton Coldfield in the English West Midlands.Not to be confused with the...

 (Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most populous British city, with a population of 1,006,500 ....

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United Kingdom 3,683,000 2,357,100 2,285,000 2,600,000 2,550,000
Zürich metropolitan area Switzerland 1,615,000 1,110,478 1,108,000 2,500,000 1,140,000

See also

  • List of cities in Europe by country
  • World's largest cities
    World's largest cities
    The question of determining the world's largest cities does not allow a single, simple answer. It depends on which definitions of "city" and "size" are used, and how those definitions are applied. Complex political/cultural/social situations, sometimes controversial or disputed, further confuse...

  • Larger Urban Zones (LUZ) in the European Union
  • Largest population centres in the European Union
    Largest population centres in the European Union
    Different countries deal differently with large cities. Athens, for example, has about four million inhabitants, but it has been divided into many municipalities making the city proper of Athens one of the smaller European capitals, with about 800,000 inhabitants...

  • Largest urban areas of the European Union
    Largest urban areas of the European Union
    This is a list of all the urban areas of the European Union which have more than 750,000 inhabitants in 2005.This list is an attempt to present a consistent list of population figures for urban areas in the European Union. All the figures here have been compiled by Demographia.-Important notes:*...

     for the population of urban areas (and not metropolitan areas like here)
  • Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits
    Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits
    This is a list of the largest cities in the European Union by population within city limits which have more than 300,000 inhabitants. It deals exclusively with the areas within city administrative boundaries as opposed to urban areas or metropolitan areas, which are generally larger in terms of...

     for only the cities proper, at the center of the metropolitan areas
  • List of European capital cities by area
  • List of metropolitan areas by population for the world

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