List of metropolitan areas in Spain
This is a list of the largest metropolitan areas in Spain by population. Estimates are from the following sources: the "Functional Urban Areas" (FUAs) of the Study on Urban Functions of the European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON, 2007) the "Larger Urban Zone" (LUZs) of Urban Audit project (2004), supported by the European Union.

List of metropolitan areas in Spain

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Table Section Text: This is a list of the largest metropolitan areas in Spain by population. Estimates are from the following sources: the "Functional Urban Areas" (FUAs) of the Study on Urban Functions of the European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON, 2007) the "Larger Urban Zone" (LUZs) of Urban Audit project (2004), supported by the European Union.

Metropolitan area (2007)	ESPON	Urban Audit	Ruiz

Madrid	5,263,000	5,804,829	6,138,056

Barcelona	4,251,000	4,233,638	4,542,490

Valencia(–Sagunto)	1,499,000	1,564,145	2,300,000

Seville	1,262,000	1,249,346	1,360,361

Bilbao	947,000	939,994	953,152

Málaga	844,000	1,218,245	923,104

Oviedo–Gijón–Avilés	844,000	617,300 (295,640 + 321,660)	863,050

Alicante–Elche(–Elda)	793,000	429,060	785,020

Las Palmas	640,000	625,892	741,826

Zaragoza	639,000	685,873	715,894

Murcia–Orihuela	623,000	479,313	763,723

Santa Cruz de Tenerife–La Laguna	581,947	481,592	481,592

Granada	440,000	—	498,365

Palma	433,000	593,386	509,116

Vigo	413,000	548,799	666,292

Cartagena	409,000	—	316,398 (229,733 + 55,170 + 31,495)

Cádiz	400,000	—	425,462

San Sebastián	393,000	—	404,921

A Coruña–Oleiros–Arteixo	376,000	—	408,068

Valladolid	369,000	430,576	395,984

Tarragona(–Reus)	325,000	—	423,360

Córdoba	314,000	779,870	325,453

Pamplona	286,000	355,577	328,511

Castellón de la Plana	259,000	—	386,906

Santander–Torrelavega	249,000	290,785	391,293

Alzira–Xàtiva	241,000	—	348,582

Vitoria-Gasteiz	226,000	252,384	242,837

Algeciras–La Línea	206,000	—	230,203

Huelva	193,000	—	215,530

Almería	192,000	—	218,236

Salamanca	192,000	—	205,489

Jerez de la Frontera	189,000	—	209,690

León	187,000	—	201,987

Albacete	185,000	—	173,457

Jaén–Martos	180,000	—	191,652

Burgos	176,000	—	192,692

Logroño	156,000	171,599	186,985

Ferrol–Narón	155,000	—	156,111

Lleida	147,000	363,900	176,543

Girona–Salt	144,000	—	180,426

Pontevedra–Marín	142,000	—	149,255

Badajoz	141,000	663,896	151,579

La Orotava–Puerto de la Cruz(–Los Realejos)	140,000	—	151,623

Santiago de Compostela	138,000	186,332	151,690

Ourense	137,000	—	138,600

Benidorm(–La Vila Joiosa)	134,000	—	183,253

Gandia(–Oliva)	132,000	—	169,916

Blanes(–Pineda de Mar–Lloret de Mar)	131,000	—	182,673

Manresa	122,000	—	145,215

Marbella	116,000	—	138,447

Torrelavega	116,000	—	129,509

Vic–Manlleu	111,000	—	129,994

Guadalajara	104,000	—	144,687

Lugo	99,000	—	106,066

Palencia	99,000	—	103,511

Toledo	95,000	167,036	119,368

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Valencia is Spain's third largest metropolitan area.

final_sentence: Valencia is Spain's third largest metropolitan area.