Madrid
680 km²
Valencia
223 km²
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Madrid covers 680 km² of contiguous built-up land, 3.0× the built-up area of Valencia (223 km²).
| Madrid | Valencia | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Madrid | Valencia |
| Population (2025) | 5.68 million | 1.40 million |
| Built-up area | 680 km² | 223 km² |
| Density | 8,353 /km² | 6,297 /km² |
Urban area = contiguous built-up land and the people living in it in 2025, drawn the same way for every city regardless of administrative boundaries. Source: GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0); some names adjusted to the city names people use, and country attribution follows the dataset.