The Stockholm urban area () is the largest and most populous of the statistical localities or
urban areas in Sweden. It has no administrative function of its own, but constitutes a continuous built-up area, which extends into 11
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in
Stockholm County. It contains the municipal seats of 10 of those. As of 31 December 2019, the population in the Stockholm urban area was 1,593,426 inhabitants, the area , and the
population density
Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...
4,175 inhabitants/km
2.
Stockholm urban area is not the same as
Metropolitan Stockholm (), which is a much larger area.
In 2019, the population of the urban area and the municipalities into which it extends, broken down per municipality was the following:
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See also
*For administration and government see the respective municipalities in the list above
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Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...
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List of metropolitan areas in Sweden
Sweden has three metropolitan areas consisting of the areas surrounding the three largest cities, Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. The statistics have been retrieved from Statistics Sweden and the statistics released on 10 November 2014. The off ...
References
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Geography of Stockholm County
Urban areas in Sweden
Geography of Stockholm