Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona
The Metropolitan Aurie o Barcelona (Catalan: Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona), aften referred tae as Greater Barcelona, is a territorial entity operatin on the principle o metropolitan municipality componit o Barcelona an 34 adjacent municipalities aroond the ceety. This territorial entity integratit bi three territorial executive bouks an haes a population o 3,218,071 (INE Archived 2014-11-13 at the Wayback Machine, 2009) athin a aurie o 636 km2. It is the main core o the Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona, which haes a population o 5,012,961[1] an Barcelona metropolitan aurie, wi a population of 5 million.
Metropolitan Aurie o Barcelona | |
|---|---|
administrative area | |
| Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona | |
| Kintra | Spain |
| Region | Catalonia |
| Ceety | Barcelona |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | integratit territorial bouks |
| • Preses (Mayor) | Xavier Trias |
| Area | |
| • Total | 636 km2 (246 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,218,071  |
| • Density | 5060/km2 (13,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Website | http://www.amb.cat |
Executive Bouks
eeditThe three executive bouks are:
- Mancomunitat de Municipis Archived 2005-05-13 at the Wayback Machine (Union o Municipalities): Coverin 31 municipalities, it manages common services affectin public spaces, infrastructur, facilities, urbanism an hoosin for 3,029,389 inhabitants in a aurie o 495 km2. Gien the range o services it affers, it is aften construed as the core o the AMB.
- Entitat del Transport Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine (Transport Authority): Coverin 18 municipalities, it serves a population o 2,790,803 in a aurie o 332 km2. These mak up the strict Barcelona conurbation. Creatit tae jyntly manage public transport athin its aurie.
- Entitat del Medi Ambient Archived 2009-05-21 at the Wayback Machine (Environment Authority): Coverin 33 municipalities it serves a population o 3,121,795 in a aurie o 583 km2. Entrustit wi watter supply an waste management for the aurie.
Geografie
eeditThe Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona is set on the central Catalan Coast an aroond the caipital. The metropolitan area can be dividit intae twa zones:
- The boondar zone shapin the conurbation wi the ceety o Barcelona itsel. Bordered bi the Mediterranean Sea an the Serra de Collserola, the touns in this zone are Badalona, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Santa Coloma de Gramenet an Cornellà de Llobregat. Here the boondars atween municipalities are set bi streets, avenues or the Llobregat an Besòs rivers.
- The adjacent metropolitan zone, made up o several touns surroondit bi predominantly residential suburban auries wi detached, semi-detached an terracit hoosin, industrial estates, pairkland an firths, such as Sant Vicenç dels Horts, Sant Cugat del Vallès an Cerdanyola del Vallès.
AMB Municipalities
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eeditReferences
eeditFreemit airtins
eedit- Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona Archived 2013-08-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Inglis)(in Catalan)(in Spaingie)