Madrid metropolitan area


The Madrid metropolitan area is a monocentric metropolitan area in the centre of the Iberian peninsula, around the city of Madrid, Spain. It is not related to any sort of administrative delimitation, and thus, its limits are ambiguous.
According to Populationdata.net it has an estimated 2017 population of 6,321,398 people and covers an area of. It is considered the largest metropolitan area in Spain, the 3rd largest in the European Union and the 54th largest in the world.
As with many metropolitan areas of similar size, two distinct zones of urbanisation can be distinguished:
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. The GDP per capita was 37,758 euros in the metropolitan area while it reached 30,453 euros for the Madrid region.

Demographics

RankMunicipalityPopulation Area
km²
1Madrid3,266,126604.3
2Móstoles209,18445
3Alcalá de Henares195,64988
4Fuenlabrada193,70039.1
5Leganés189,86143.1
6Getafe183,37478.7
7Alcorcón170,51433.7
8Torrejón de Ardoz131,37632.6
9Parla130,12424.4
10Alcobendas117,04045
11Las Rozas de Madrid95,81458.3
12San Sebastián de los Reyes89,27658.7
13Rivas-Vaciamadrid88,15067.4
14Pozuelo de Alarcón86,42243.2
15Coslada81,66112
16Valdemoro75,98364.5
17Majadahonda71,82638.5
18Arganda del Rey55,38979.7
19Boadilla del Monte54,57047.2
20Pinto52,52662.2
21Colmenar Viejo50,752182.6
22Tres Cantos47,72238
23San Fernando de Henares39,43138.8
24Arroyomolinos31,39620.7
25Navalcarnero29,298100.2
26Villaviciosa de Odón27,83568.1
27Paracuellos de Jarama25,26917
28Ciempozuelos24,59249.6
29Mejorada del Campo23,27417.2