Sweden has three Metropolitan Areas consisting of the areas surrounding the three largest cities, Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. The statistics is retrieved from Statistics Sweden and the statistics released September 30 2011. [1]
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Metropolitan Stockholm (also known as Greater Stockholm or, in Swedish, "Storstockholm"), 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.[2] It is the largest of the three metropolitan areas in Sweden.
Metropolitan Stockholm is divided into 5 areas: Stockholm City Centre, Söderort, Västerort of Stockholm Municipality; and the northern suburbs and southern suburbs, which consists of several municipalities.
| Municipality | Number | Population | Area¹ | Density² | Part |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockholm | 1 | 861,010 | 188.06 | 4,578 | Centre, West, South |
| Huddinge | 2 | 98,830 | 131.34 | 752 | Southern Suburbs (Södermanland) |
| Botkyrka | 3 | 84,258 | 194.83 | 432 | |
| Salem | 4 | 15,647 | 54.32 | 288 | |
| Södertälje | 5 | 87,472 | 525.57 | 166 | |
| Nykvarn | 6 | 9,292 | 153.46 | 61 | |
| Nynäshamn | 7 | 26,205 | 357.23 | 73 | |
| Haninge | 8 | 78,044 | 457.50 | 171 | |
| Tyresö | 9 | 43,215 | 69.48 | 622 | |
| Nacka | 10 | 91,052 | 95.50 | 953 | |
| Värmdö | 11 | 38,787 | 442.96 | 88 | Northern Suburbs (Uppland) |
| Lidingö | 12 | 44,226 | 30.89 | 1,432 | |
| Vaxholm | 13 | 11,064 | 57.66 | 192 | |
| Österåker | 14 | 39,744 | 310.75 | 128 | |
| Norrtälje | 15 | 56,288 | 2010.76 | 28 | |
| Vallentuna | 16 | 30,617 | 360.06 | 85 | |
| Sigtuna | 17 | 41,131 | 327.87 | 125 | |
| Upplands-Bro | 18 | 23,926 | 237.10 | 101 | |
| Upplands Väsby | 19 | 39,963 | 75.37 | 530 | |
| Täby | 20 | 64,416 | 60.62 | 1,063 | |
| Sollentuna | 21 | 65,678 | 52.94 | 1,241 | |
| Danderyd | 22 | 31,727 | 26.51 | 1,197 | |
| Järfälla | 23 | 67,122 | 54.05 | 1,242 | |
| Ekerö | 24 | 25,697 | 216.39 | 119 | |
| Sundbyberg | 25 | 39,408 | 8.71 | 4,524 | |
| Solna | 26 | 69,707 | 19.38 | 3,597 | |
| Total | 26 | 2,084,526 | 6,519.31 | 319.75 | Metropolitan Area |
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Metropolitan Gothenburg (Stor-Göteborg or literally Greater Gothenburg), is a metropolitan area surrounding the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. The metropolitan region is located in Västra Götaland County, except for the municipality of Kungsbacka, which is located to the south in Halland County. As of 2005, the municipalities of Alingsås and Lilla Edet were added to the region. The region is often used for statistical measures, and estimates in the 1960s predicted that the region would have about one million inhabitants in the year 2000. With a current population of 937,015 individuals it is the second largest metropolitan area in Sweden after Metropolitan Stockholm.
| Municipality | Number | Population | Area¹ | Density² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gothenburg | 1 | 519,399 | 450.71 | 1,152 |
| Mölndal | 2 | 61,325 | 146.81 | 418 |
| Partille | 3 | 35,488 | 57.19 | 621 |
| Härryda | 4 | 34,758 | 268.43 | 129 |
| Lerum | 5 | 38,800 | 260.29 | 149 |
| Ale | 6 | 27,538 | 318.27 | 87 |
| Kungälv | 7 | 41,528 | 364.73 | 114 |
| Öckerö | 8 | 12,531 | 25.91 | 484 |
| Tjörn | 9 | 14,960 | 168.23 | 89 |
| Stenungsund | 10 | 24,517 | 253.54 | 97 |
| Lilla Edet | 11 | 12,578 | 317.93 | 40 |
| Alingsås | 12 | 37,953 | 474.90 | 80 |
| Kungsbacka | 13 | 75,640 | 611.42 | 124 |
| Total | 13 | 937,015 | 3,718.36 | 252.00 |
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Greater Malmö (Swedish: Stor-Malmö) is the metropolitan area that includes Malmö, Sweden, and much of its surroundings. The area encompasses the south-eastern part of the Scandinavian Öresund Region. The metropolitan area surrounding the cities of Malmö and Lund in the southern-most part of Sweden are usually denoted as South-Western Scania (Sydvästra Skåne), or more seldom Metropolitan Malmö.
Since the 1970s, improved highways and commuter train connections have meant that commuting area has grown to include Ystad, Skurup, Sjöbo, Eslöv, Höör, Landskrona and Helsingborg. It's not uncommon to live by Malmö and work either in Ystad or Helsingborg, or vice versa. Mentally, however, these towns have kept their allegiance with older divisions of Scania. Inhabitants of Eslöv and Höör consider themselves to live in Central Scania, like Landskrona still is grouped together with Helsingborg rather than Malmö–Lund.
| Municipality | Number | Population | Area¹ | Density² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malmö | 1 | 301,784 | 155.56 | 1,940 |
| Vellinge | 2 | 33,480 | 143.18 | 234 |
| Trelleborg | 3 | 42,458 | 342.07 | 124 |
| Skurup | 4 | 14,940 | 195.17 | 77 |
| Svedala | 5 | 19,807 | 218.97 | 90 |
| Lund | 6 | 111,661 | 430.27 | 260 |
| Staffanstorp | 7 | 22,308 | 107.61 | 207 |
| Burlöv | 8 | 16,825 | 18.84 | 893 |
| Lomma | 9 | 21,958 | 55.64 | 395 |
| Kävlinge | 10 | 29,221 | 153.83 | 190 |
| Eslöv | 11 | 31,758 | 421.66 | 75 |
| Höör | 12 | 15,495 | 292.96 | 53 |
| Total | 12 | 661,695 | 2,535.76 | 260.95 |
In 2006 the municipalities of Eslöv, Höör and Skurup were added into the Greater Malmö area.
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