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This is a list of the most heavily populated metropolitan areas in Europe, and it includes the 2010 population estimates, which are based on a mixture of official and independent sources. Some of the metropolitan areas listed below are also cities proper, but many others are groupings of cities, towns and urban areas.

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Data released by World Gazetteer - January.01.2010 - Next data release 2011 (unknown date)

References

Basic definition of a 'Metropolitan Area' according to Wikipedia:
A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence, or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central cities and their zone of influence. One or more large cities may serve as its hub or hubs, and the metropolitan area is normally named after either the largest or most important central city within it.

	Metro Area	Country	City Only [1]	2010 Calculation [2]
1	Moscow	Russia		14,926,656
2	Istanbul	Turkey		14,350,423
3	London	United Kingdom		13,377,482
4	Paris	France		11,949,824
5	Rhein-Ruhr	Germany		11,857,353
6	Randstad	Netherlands		6,608,054
7	Madrid	Spain		6,380,913
8	Manchester-Liverpool	United Kingdom		5,306,491
9	Berlin	Germany		5,076,511
10	Barcelona	Spain		4,992,778
11	Saint Peterbursg	Russia		4,775,419
12	Milan	Italy		4,373,992
13	Rhein-Main	Germany		4,165,392
14	Rome	Vatican City		4,022,723
15	Athens	Greece		3,876,931
16	Napoli	Italy		3,865,701
17	Birmingham	United Kingdom		3,857,815
18	Hamburg	Germany		3,253,591
19	Kiev	Ukraine		2,982,115
20	Lisbon	Portugal		2,641,704
21	Budapest	Hungary		2,567,975
22	Rhein-Neckar	Germany		2,548,698
23	Katowice	Poland		2,530,022
24	København-Malmö	Denmark		2,400,524
25	Stuttgart	Germany		2,324,199
26	Munich	Germany		2,297,821
27	Warsaw	Poland		2,260,396
28	Alma	Germany		2,252,443
29	Brussells	Belgium		2,227,246
30	Bucharest	Romania		2,163,162
31	Vienna	Austria		2,134,108
32	Leeds	United Kingdom		2,026,728
33	Lille-Kortrijk	France		1,943,155
34	Lyon	France		1,831,225
35	Beograd	Serbia		1,783,589
36	Stockholm	Sweden		1,768,177
37	Nižnij Novgorod	Russia		1,766,783
38	Minsk	Belarus	Yes	1,763,899
39	Torino	Italy		1,707,201
40	Marseille	France		1,646,337
41	Saarbrücken-Forbach	Germany		1,638,883
42	Glasgow	United Kingdom		1,624,731
43	Donets'k	Ukraine		1,614,214
44	Douai-Lens-Béthune-Valenciennes	France		1,581,769
45	Kharkiv	Ukraine		1,581,559
46	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom		1,494,656
47	Bremen	Germany		1,478,248
48	Volgograd	Russia		1,456,732
49	Bielefeld	Germany		1,439,880
50	Samara	Russia		1,416,571
51	Dnipropetrovs'k	Ukraine		1,392,770
52	Prauge	Czech Republic		1,384,676
53	Halle-Leipzig	Germany		1,374,781
54	Rostov-na-Donu	Russia		1,371,166
55	Valencia	Spain		1,367,631
56	Seville	Spain		1,350,413
57	Porto	Portugal		1,323,177
58	Sheffield	United Kingdom		1,290,255
59	Helsinki	Finland		1,288,585
60	Nürnberg	Germany		1,250,687
61	Portsmouth-Southampton	United Kingdom		1,242,356
62	Sofia	Bulgaria		1,205,412
63	Chemnitz-Zwickau	Germany		1,201,626
64	Hannover	Germany		1,196,304
65	Toulouse	France		1,173,182
66	Antwerpen	Belgium		1,164,729
67	Bilbao	Spain		1,143,511
68	Odessa	Ukraine		1,121,080
69	Kazan	Russia	Yes	1,120,320
70	Belgrade	Serbia	Yes	1,099,352
71	Nottingham	United Kingdom		1,087,395
72	Nice	France		1,084,991
73	København	Denmark	Yes	1,080,638
74	Dresden	Germany		1,076,019
75	Dublin	Ireland, Republic of	Yes	1,069,861
76	Saratov	Russia		1,067,620
77	Zürich	Switzerland		1,054,482
78	Bordeaux	France		1,027,354
79	Ufa	Russia	Yes	1,017,866
80	Palermo	Italy		1,014,119
81	Thessalonika	Greece		999,995
82	Lódz	Poland		976,030
83	Perm	Russia		963,633
84	Voronež	Russia		955,674
85	Málaga	Spain		930,806
86	Oslo	Norway	Yes	900,017
87	Bristol	United Kingdom		894,915
88	Catania	Italy		872,180
89	Firenze	Italy		870,770
90	Gdansk	Poland		865,799
91	Krasnodar	Russia		853,284
92	Leicester	United Kingdom		830,269
93	Nantes	France		826,349
94	Göteborg	Sweden		814,553
95	Kraków	Poland		799,524
96	Riga	Latvia		786,506
97	Zaporizhzhya	Ukraine	Yes	784,572
98	Cardiff	United Kingdom		752,663
99	Belfast	United Kingdom		736,094
100	L'viv	Ukraine	Yes	735,337

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References

[1] We have indicated 'Yes' when a City population is exactly the same as a Metropolitan Area population. If we have not indicated 'Yes', than those figures are for a Greater Metropolitan Area which includes atleast one city/town and adjoining population centres. For example, Baghdad Greater Metropolitan Area is considered the 27th most populous metropolitan area in the World with 11,786,212 residents, while Baghdad City is considered the 67th most populous metropolitan area in the World because only 5,402,486 live within the 'city limits'.
[2] "Europe: most populous metropolitan areas" World Gazetteer - All statistics © Stefan Helders, www.world-gazetteer.com. Stefan Helders has been independently collating data relating to population statistics since 1998 on what is now known as the World Gazetteer website. According to Helders... "If possible, official data sources are used. In many cases however no official figures are available. In that case, secondary sources such as year books, encyclopediae, atlases etc. are used. I have also received data from other stats lovers". Along with another useful population statistics website called CityPopulation.de, Stefan Helders/World Gazetteer provides some of the most accurate and up-to-date analysis of population levels in the World's countries, cities and metropolitan areas.

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