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Greater Manchester Built-up Area
The
Greater Manchester Built-up Area
is an area of land defined by the
Office for National Statistics
(ONS), consisting of the large
conurbation
that encompasses the urban element of the city of
Manchester
and the continuous
metropolitan area
that spreads outwards from it, forming much of
Greater Manchester
in
North West England
. According to the
United Kingdom Census 2011
, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area has a population of 2,553,379 making it the
second most populous conurbation
in the United Kingdom after the
Greater London Built-up Area
and the
thirteenth largest
in the European Union. This was an increase of 14 rom the population recorded at the
United Kingdom Census 2001
of 2,240,230, when it was known as the
Greater Manchester Urban Area
.
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