Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona
Highlighted in yellow, the Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona inside the bigger Vegueria or Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona. | |
| Abbreviation | AMB |
|---|---|
| Formation | 21 July 2011 (as a public administration) |
| Type | public body |
| Headquarters | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
President | Jaume Collboni |
Executive Vice-president | Antonio Balmón |
| Website | http://www.amb.cat |
The Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB; English: Metropolitan Area of Barcelona) is a public body operating on the principle of metropolitan authority. It is composed of representatives of Barcelona and 36 adjacent municipalities accounting for a population of 3,239,337 (Idescat, 2014) within an area of 636 km2. Its jurisdiction constitutes the main core of the unofficial Barcelona metropolitan area, with a population over 5 million.