Madrid metropolitan area
The Madrid Metropolitan Area (Spanish: Área metropolitana de Madrid) comprises the city of Madrid and 20 surrounding municipalities. It has a population of 6,321,398 people[1] and covers an area of 5,335.97 square kilometres (2,060.23 sq mi).
It is the largest metropolitan area in Spain, the 4th largest in the European Union and the 54th largest in the world.[2][3][4][5]
As with many metropolitan areas of similar size, two distinct zones of urbanisation can be distinguished:
- Inner ring (primera corona): Alcorcón, Leganés, Getafe, Móstoles, Fuenlabrada, Coslada, Alcobendas, Pozuelo de Alarcón, San Fernando de Henares
- Outer ring (segunda corona): Villaviciosa de Odón, Parla, Pinto, Valdemoro, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Torrejón de Ardoz, Alcalá de Henares, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Tres Cantos, Las Rozas de Madrid, Majadahonda, Boadilla del Monte
The largest suburbs are to the south, and in general along the main routes leading out of Madrid.
The GDP of the metropolitan area of Madrid was estimated to be 189 billion euros in 2009 and represents over 90% of the GDP of the region of Madrid.[6] The GDP per capita was 37,758 euros in the metropolitan area while it reached 30,453 euros for the Madrid region.
Demographics
| Rank | Municipality | Population | Area km² |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madrid | 3,233,527 | 605.8 |
| 2 | Móstoles | 206,031 | 45 |
| 3 | Alcalá de Henares | 203,924 | 88 |
| 4 | Fuenlabrada | 198,132 | 39.1 |
| 5 | Leganés | 187,125 | 43.1 |
| 6 | Getafe | 171,280 | 78.74 |
| 7 | Alcorcón | 169,308 | 33.7 |
| 8 | Torrejón de Ardoz | 125,331 | 32.6 |
| 9 | Parla | 124,208 | 24.43 |
| 10 | Alcobendas | 111,040 | 45 |
| 11 | Coslada | 91,832 | 12 |
| 12 | Las Rozas de Madrid | 90,390 | 58.3 |
| 13 | Pozuelo de Alarcón | 83,844 | 43.2 |
| 14 | San Sebastián de los Reyes | 81,466 | 58.7 |
| 15 | Rivas-Vaciamadrid | 75,444 | 67.4 |
| 16 | Valdemoro | 70,315 | 64.53 |
| 17 | Majadahonda | 70,198 | 38.5 |
| 18 | Arganda del Rey | 55,506 | 79.65 |
| 19 | Boadilla del Monte | 47,037 | 47.2 |
| 20 | Pinto | 46,763 | 62.2 |
| 21 | Colmenar Viejo | 46,321 | 182.6 |
| 22 | San Fernando de Henares | 41,376 | 38.8 |
| 23 | Tres Cantos | 41,302 | 38 |
| 24 | Villaviciosa de Odón | 24,963 | 68.1 |
| 25 | Mejorada del Campo | 20,245 | 17.2 |
See also
References
- (in Spanish) AUDES5 project.
- ↑ PopulationData.net – Spain
- ↑ "World Urban Areas: Population & Density" (PDF). Demographia. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ↑ Eurostat, Urban Audit database Archived 2011-04-06 at the Wayback Machine., accessed on 2009-03-12. Data for 2004.
- ↑ Thomas Brinkoff, Principal Agglomerations of the World, accessed on 2009-03-12. Data for 2009-01-01.
- ↑ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007.
- ↑ (in Spanish)http://www.madrid.org/iestadis/fijas/estructu/economicas/contabilidad/descarga/ipibmt1.xls