Metropolitan Area
The Madrid metropolitan area comprises the city of Madrid and forty surrounding municipalities. It has a population of slightly more than 6.271 million people and covers an area of 4.609,7 km². It is the largest metropolitan area in Spain and the third largest in European Union.
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.
Submetropolitan areas inside Madrid metropolitan area:
|
|
(km²) |
(pop.) |
(pop./km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid – Majadahonda | 996.1 | 3,580,828 | 3,595.0 |
| Móstoles – Alcorcón | 315.1 | 430,349 | 1,365.6 |
| Fuenlabrada – Leganés – Getafe – Parla – Pinto – Valdemoro | 931.7 | 822,806 | 883.1 |
| Alcobendas | 266.4 | 205,905 | 772.9 |
| Arganda del Rey – Rivas-Vaciamadrid | 343.6 | 115,344 | 335.7 |
| Alcalá de Henares – Torrejón de Ardoz | 514.6 | 360,380 | 700.3 |
| Colmenar Viejo – Tres Cantos | 419.1 | 104,650 | 249.7 |
| Collado Villalba | 823.1 | 222,769 | 270.6 |
| Madrid metropolitan area | 4,609.7 | 5,843,031 | 1,267.6 |
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