Metropolitan Cork (Irish: Uirbeach Chorcaí) is an unofficial term which refers to the city of Cork, Ireland, its suburbs and the satellite towns that surround it. The term was 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.
The term is loosely defined but has been taken to include the city of Cork and the towns of Ballincollig, Blarney, Carrigaline, Carrigtwohill, Cobh, Glanmire, Glounthaune, Midleton, Rochestown, Monkstown, Passage West and Ringaskiddy .
| Year | Population Cork City |
Population Metropolitan Cork |
Population Greater Cork |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 123,810 [3] | — | 251,510 [3] | 345,100 [3] |
| 2001 | 123,600 [4] | — | 253,000 [4] | — |
| 2002 | 123,062† | 186,239† | — | — |
| 2006 | 119,418† | 274,000 [4] | 370,900 (L) - 377,000 (M) - 380,400 (H) [5] | |
| 2011 | — | — | — | 379,600 (L) - 397,800 (M) - 409,000 (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. Note: (L), (M) and (H) indicate low-migration, medium-migration and high-migration scenarios respectively. Note: — indicates no available data. |
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