Union of Municipalities

Entity of the Transport

Entity of the Environment

Situation in Urban Region

The Área Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB), often referred to as Greater Barcelona, is integrated by three territorial organisms of management. As a whole they offer services to 36 municipalities with a population of 3,150,380 (INE, 2007) in an area of 633 km ².

It is the central nucleus of the Urban Region of Barcelona, which has a population of 4,928,852.^[1]

[edit] Internal functioning

It is constituted by:

• Mancomunitat de Municipis (Union of Municipalities): 31 municipalities integrate it. It manages the common areas that they affect to: public spaces, infrastructures, equipments, urbanism and housing. It relies on 3,029,389 in an area of 495 km ². Seen the services that it offers it might be considered to be the genuine Barcelona metropolitan area.
• Entitat del Transport (Entity of the Transport): 18 municipalities integrate it. It gives service to a population of 2,790,803 in an area of 332 km². They are those who form the strict urban constant one with the capital. Created to manage of joint form the services of travelers' public transport in his territorial area.
• Entitat del Medi Ambient (Entity of the Environment): 33 municipalities integrate it. It gives service to a population of 3,121,795 in an area of 583 km². Entrusted to manage the hydraulic services and the treatment of residues.

[edit] Geography

The Área Metropolitana de Barcelona is on the central Catalan Coast and around the capital. The metropolitan area can be divided into two zones:

• The bordering zone: it forms a continuous urban zone with the city: it is defined by the Mediterranean Sea and the Serra de Collserola. Cities in this zone are Badalona, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Santa Coloma de Gramanet and Cornellà de Llobregat. Here the border among municipalities they are streets, avenues or the riverbeds of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs.
• The metropolitan adjacent zone: here there are different nuclei of population in those who predominate over residential neighborhoods of one-family houses, industries, forests... In this zone are cities as: Sant Vicenç dels Horts, Sant Cugat del Vallès and Cerdanyola del Vallès.

[edit] Área Metropolitana de Barcelona Municipalities

[edit] See also

• Catalonia
• Comarques of Catalonia
• Urban Region of Barcelona

[edit] References

1. ^ IDESCAT. 2008. Padró municipal d'habitants (en catalán)

[edit] External links

• Statistical Institute of Catalonia
• National Statistics Institute of Spain

Coordinates: 41°22′20″N 2°4′36″E / 41.37222°N 2.07667°E / 41.37222; 2.07667