Metropolitan Cork

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Metropolitan Cork (Irish: Uirbeach Chorcaigh) refers to the city of Cork, Ireland, its suburbs and the satellite towns that feed into it. The term is used in the Cork Area Strategic Plan to refer to the area whose labour and property market is shared with the city.^[1] The plan declares that it is envisaged as an area with "an integrated transport system, and the social, cultural and educational facilities of a modern European city."^[2]. Metropolitan Cork is the core employment hub of the Greater Cork area.

In addition to the city of Cork, it includes the towns of Ballincollig, Blarney, Caherlag, Carrigaline, Carrigtwohill, Cobh, Douglas, Glanmire, Glounthaune, Inishkenny, Midleton, Monkstown, Passage West and Ringaskiddy .^{[citation needed]}

According to the Cork Area Strategic Plan, the population of Metropolitan Cork was 251,510 in 2000; 274,000 in 2006 (See Cork Joint Housing Strategy below) and this is projected to rise to 316,530 by 2020.^[3]

[edit] Population of Cork City, Metropolitan Cork and Greater Cork

Year	Population Cork City	Population Cork City and Environs/Suburbs	Population Metropolitan Cork	Population Greater Cork
2000	123,810 ^[4]	—	251,510 ^[4]	345,100 ^[4]
2001	123,600 ^[3]	—	253,000 ^[3]	—
2002	123,062†	186,239†	—	—
2006	119,418†	190,384†	274,000 ^[3]	370,900 (L) - 377,000 (M) - 380,400 (H) ^[5]
2011	—	—	—	379,600 (L) - 397,800 (M) - 409,000 (H) ^[5]
2020-2021	135,820 ^[4]	—	316,530 ^[4]	387,100 (L) - 423,150 (M) - 458,900 (H) ^[5]
Note: † indicates official census figures from the CSO. All other figures are estimates or projections from Cork City Council and/or Cork County Council.^{[citation needed]} Note: (L), (M) and (H) indicate low-migration, medium-migration and high-migration scenarios respectively. Note: — indicates no available data.