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    30 größte Städte Spaniens, 1787 vs. 2026

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    2. SafeImpressive4413 on

      Small clarification I need to make: Cities have included their metropolitan area, in case that a city appears in the map but it’s also part of the metro area (this condition affected only to Barcelona with Badalona and L’hospitalet de Llobregat, as Madrid has more but smaller metropolitan towns) the numbers are excluded from the total of the metro area to allow for the smaller cities to show.

      In case that a metro area includes multiple towns (example, the Asturias metro area covering Oviedo, Gijón and Avilés as the main cities) I use the urban area of the towns.

      In the second map, Valladolid and Donostia / San Sebastián are labeled incorrectly in the ranking, Valladolid would be 17th and Donostia 18th

    3. greekscientist on

      Its a very good indication of Spain’s unequal population distribution.

      Before it was equally distributed around coastal and inland areas, now its mostly coastal cities. Like a significant part of the population of the inland Castille-La Mancha is living in the satellite cities of Madrid.

    4. Kartof124 on

      Interesting how the 1st-4th biggest cities are the same and in the same order.

    8. nondescriptun on

      Fun fact, until 2015, Spain had a town called Castrillo Matajudíos („Jew-killer camp“).

      The town was originally founded in 1035 by Jews in who were fleeing a Spanish pogrom. It was named Castrillo Motajudíos („Jew-hill camp“). The Jews were eventually all expelled, forced to convert, or murdered and the town was renamed Jew-killer camp to spite them.

      Bonus „fun“ fact: There have been several anti-Jewish incidents since they changed the name back in 2015.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castrillo_Mota_de_Jud%C3%ADos

    9. Huge_Finger_5490 on

      Interesting maps, however a quick verification showed that Castellon de la Plana grew more than A Coruna in percentage terms between 1786 and 2026, going from 12k to 180k, which translates into a +1425% increase. Other cities probably grew even more in percentage terms, for example Las Palmas. You may want to check this specific result.

    11. ulica324 on

      Still impressive, 50 mil population SPAIN of which ~ Madrid/Barcelona/Valencia are the only ones above 2 mil, 3 other cities that are nearly 1 mil. I wish it was 5-8 mil per each city/metro area. and 10 mil spread across 20ish small towns. Requires 4/5 freeways, airports and train routes. This will limit pollution, noise and lot of forest area of wild animals. Plus easy to safe guard, maintain and save on costs. 1/2-1 mil residents per each city district/borough, would also make it navigable with walk/hike/bike….ALAS….

    12. Happy-Hour88 on

      Salamanca is one of the most underrated by foreign tourists cities. Apparently it escaped the Franco era unshattered, unlike cities where there was an industrial or tourism boom. Another interesting well-preserved historic city few foreign tourists visit is Zamora.

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