LIST OF URBAN AREAS BY COUNTRY The functional urban areas identified with the methodology described in the report Redefining “urban”: A new way to measure metropolitan areas, OECD Publishing 2012 are here listed by country and by size, according to four classes: Small urban areas, with population between 50,000 and 200,000 Medium-sized urban areas, with population between 200,000 and 500,000 Metropolitan areas, with population between 500,000 and 1.5 million Large metropolitan areas, with population above 1.5 million Each functional urban area is an economic unit characterised by densely inhabited “urban cores” and “hinterlands” whose labour market is highly integrated with the cores. The geographic building blocks to define urban areas are the municipalities (LAU2 in Europe and the smaller administrative units for which national commuting data is available in non-European countries). The cores are defined using the population grid from the global dataset Landscan, referred to circa year 2000. Polycentric cores and the hinterlands of the functional areas are identified on the basis of commuting data (travel from home-to work) referred to circa year 2000 (Census year). The list of functional urban areas takes into account the results of the consultation with the European National Statistical Institutes launched by Eurostat in June 2011 on the definition of cities and by the OECD with Delegates from the Working Party on Territorial Indicators. This list of functional urban areas may be reviewed on the basis of additional comments provided by Countries. The OECD metropolitan areas database (MAD) comprises the functional urban areas with a population of at least 500,000. A preliminary set of statistics for the metropolitan areas database are available here www.oecd.org/gov/regional/measuringurban . 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF URBAN AREAS BY COUNTRY ................................................................................................... 1 AUSTRIA .................................................................................................................................................... 3 BELGIUM ................................................................................................................................................... 4 CANADA .................................................................................................................................................... 5 CHILE .......................................................................................................................................................... 9 CZECH REPUBLIC .................................................................................................................................. 11 DENMARK ............................................................................................................................................... 12 ESTONIA .................................................................................................................................................. 13 FINLAND .................................................................................................................................................. 14 FRANCE .................................................................................................................................................... 15 GERMANY ............................................................................................................................................... 18 GREECE .................................................................................................................................................... 22 HUNGARY ............................................................................................................................................... 23 IRELAND .................................................................................................................................................. 24 ITALY ....................................................................................................................................................... 25 JAPAN ....................................................................................................................................................... 28 KOREA ...................................................................................................................................................... 31 LUXEMBOURG ....................................................................................................................................... 33 MEXICO .................................................................................................................................................... 34 NETHERLANDS ...................................................................................................................................... 37 NORWAY ................................................................................................................................................. 39 POLAND ................................................................................................................................................... 40 PORTUGAL .............................................................................................................................................. 42 SLOVAK REPUBLIC ............................................................................................................................... 44 SLOVENIA ............................................................................................................................................... 45 SPAIN ........................................................................................................................................................ 46 SWEDEN ................................................................................................................................................... 49 SWITZERLAND ....................................................................................................................................... 51 UNITED KINGDOM ................................................................................................................................ 52 UNITED STATES ..................................................................................................................................... 56 2 AUSTRIA Total population Country Name of functional urban area Class type ID on the map (2008) Austria Wien Large metropolitan area AT001 2,644,054 Austria Graz Metropolitan area AT002 604,551 Austria Linz Metropolitan area AT003 603,738 Austria Salzburg Medium-sized urban area AT004 336,783 Austria Innsbruck Medium-sized urban area AT005 275,419 Austria Klagenfurt Medium-sized urban area AT006 243,858 Total functional urban areas 4,708,403 Share of national population in functional urban areas 56.5% Number of functional urban areas 6 3 BELGIUM Total population Country Name of functional urban area Class type ID on the map (2008) Belgium Bruxelles / Brussel Large metropolitan area BE001 2,396,174 Belgium Antwerpen Metropolitan area BE002 1,043,416 Belgium Liège Metropolitan area BE005 721,314 Belgium Gent Metropolitan area BE003 570,587 Belgium Charleroi Medium-sized urban area BE004 474,673 Belgium Brugge Medium-sized urban area BE006 219,885 Belgium Namur Medium-sized urban area BE007 202,073 Belgium Leuven Medium-sized urban area BE008 201,304 Belgium Mons Small urban area BE009 189,510 Belgium Kortrijk Small urban area BE010 168,245 Belgium Oostende Small urban area BE011 118,732 Total functional urban areas 6,305,913 Share of national population in functional urban areas 58.9% Number of functional urban areas 11 4 CANADA 5 CANADA WEST 6 CANADA EAST 7 Total population Country Name of functional urban area Class type ID on the map (2008) Canada Toronto Large metropolitan area CAN26 6,489,606 Canada Montreal Large metropolitan area CAN20 4,134,528 Canada Vancouver Large metropolitan area CAN09 2,320,652 Canada Ottawa-Gatineau Metropolitan area CAN21 1,376,677 Canada Calgary Metropolitan area CAN04 1,265,702 Canada Edmonton Metropolitan area CAN01 1,163,058 Canada Winnipeg Metropolitan area CAN06 815,136 Canada Québec Metropolitan area CAN16 803,388 Canada Hamilton Metropolitan area CAN29 610,742 Canada London Medium-sized urban area CAN32 480,370 Canada Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo Medium-sized urban area CAN28 443,165 Canada Halifax Medium-sized urban area CAN23 406,840 Canada St-Catharines-Niagara Medium-sized urban area CAN31 371,405 Canada Windsor Medium-sized urban area CAN34 344,205 Canada Victoria Medium-sized urban area CAN13 322,295 Canada Saskatoon Medium-sized urban area CAN03 242,120 Canada St. John's Medium-sized urban area CAN15 215,870 Canada Sherbrooke Medium-sized urban area CAN22 212,875 Canada Regina Medium-sized urban area CAN05 212,680 Canada Kingston Small urban area CAN25 183,345 Canada Trois Rivières Small urban area CAN18 168,140 Canada Moncton Small urban area CAN19 161,335 Canada Thunder Bay Small urban area CAN14 149,140 Canada Okanagan Small urban area CAN07 145,940 Canada Guelph/Eramosa Small urban area CAN27 145,560 Canada Red Deer Small urban area CAN02 129,995 Canada Peterborough Small urban area CAN24 123,590 Canada Abbotsford Small urban area CAN12 118,480 Canada Brant Small urban area CAN30 116,350 Canada Sault Ste. Marie Small urban area CAN17 114,000 Canada Nanaimo Small urban area CAN10 110,385