Barcelona

This airticle is aboot the ceety in Spain. For ither uisses, see Barcelona (disambiguation).

Barcelona (Inglis /bɑːrsᵻˈloʊnə/, Catalan: [bərsəˈɫonə], Spaingie: [barθeˈlona]) is the caipital ceety o the autonomous commonty o Catalonie in Spain, an the seicont lairgest ceety in the kintra, wi a population o 1,620,943^[4] athin its admeenistrative limits. The urban area o Barcelona extends ayont the admeenistrative ceety limits wi a population o aroond 4.5 million,^[5][6] bein the saxt-maist populous urban areas in the European Union efter Paris, Lunnon, Ruhr, Madrid an Milan. Aboot five million^{[7][8][9][10][11]} fowk live in the Barcelona metropolitan area. It is the lairgest metropolis on the Mediterranean Sea an aw. It is locatit on the Mediterranean coast atween the mooths o the rivers Llobregat an Besòs an is boondit tae the wast bi the Serra de Collserola ridge (512 metre (1,680 ft)).

Barcelona
Municipality
"22@" business destrict, Sagrada Família, Camp Nou stadium, The Castle o the Three Draigons, Palau Nacional, W Barcelona hotel an beach
Banner Coat airms
Eik-name(s):  Ciutat Comtal / Ciudad Condal (City of Counts), Barna, BCN
Barcelona Location o Barcelona athin Spain
Coordinates: 41°23′N 2°11′E
Kintra	Spain
Autonomous Commonty	Catalonie
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Barcelonès
Destricts	Leet Ciutat Vella Eixample Gràcia Horta-Guinardó Les Corts Nou Barris Sant Andreu Sants–Montjuïc Sarrià-Sant Gervasi Sant Martí
Govrenment
• Teep	Mayor-cooncil
• Bodi	Ajuntament de Barcelona / Ayuntamiento de Barcelona
• Mayor	Xavier Trias (CiU)
Area
• Municipality	101.9 km2 (39.3 sq mi)
• Urban	803 km2 (310 sq mi)
Elevation (AMSL)	12 m (39 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Municipality	1,620,343
• Rank	2nt
• Density	16,000/km2 (41,000/sq mi)
• Urban	4,840,000[2]
• Metro	5,474,482[3]
Demonym(s)	Barcelonan or Barcelonian barceloní, barcelonina (ca) barcelonés, barcelonesa (es)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	08001–08080
Area code	+34 (Spain) 93 (Province)
Offeecial leid(s)	Catalan an Spaingie
Website	www.barcelona.cat

Sagrada Família

References

Notes

1. . Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |1= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. Demographia: World Urban Areas Archived 3 Mey 2018 at the Wayback Machine – Demographia, April 2018
3. Population on 1 January by broad age group, sex and metropolitan regions Archived 22 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine – Eurostat, 2017
4. INE (1 Januar 2012). "Population of Barcelona". Instituto Nacional de Estadistica. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 3 Juin 2013.
5. Demographia: World Urban Areas, March 2013
6. Eurostat. "Population and living conditions in Urban Audit cities, larger urban zone (LUZ)".
7. United Nations – Department of Economic and Social Affairs: World Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision) Archived 2011-08-13 at the Wayback Machine, Table A.12
8. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: Competitive Cities in the Global Economy, OECD Territorial Reviews, (OECD Publishing, 2006), Table 1.1
9. "Population by sex and age groups on 1 January" - Eurostat, 2012
10. Àmbit Metropolità. Sèrie temporal (catalan)
11. Europe: metropolitan areas - World Gazetteer, 2012

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