Metropolitan Areas
The largest metropolitan areas in 2007 were:
Further information: List of metropolitan areas in Spain by population- Madrid 5,603,285
- Barcelona 4,667,136
- Valencia 1,671,189
- Seville 1,499,673 (INE 2008)
- Bilbao 950,829
- Málaga 897,563
- Asturias (Gijón–Oviedo–Avilés) 857,079
- Alicante–Elche 748,565
- Zaragoza 731,803
- Vigo 662,412
- Las Palmas 616,903
- Bahía de Cádiz (Cádiz–Jerez de la Frontera) 615,494
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife 573,825
- Murcia 563,272
- Palma 474,035
- Granada 472,638
- San Sebastián 402,168
- Tarragona 406,042
- A Coruña 403,007
- Valladolid 400,400
- Santander–Torrelavega 391,480
- Córdoba 323,600
- Pamplona 309,631
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