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Clickable location map showing settlements and suburbs within Greater Southampton. O denotes settlements within Southampton city boundary; X represents settlements outside of the boundary.

The Southampton Urban Area is the conurbation surrounding Southampton in Hampshire, England.

In the 2001 Census, the area had a population of 304,400.^[1] With 234,224 people, Southampton itself makes up over half the population. Bishopstoke (17,282) and Eastleigh (52,894) provide the remainder.

The Southampton urban area can be looked at as part of a larger multi-centred metropolitan area also including the Portsmouth Urban Area, in the general South Hampshire region.^{[citation needed]}

In the lead up to the Local Government Act 1972 there was an active proposal to make South Hampshire into a fully fledged metropolitan county but this plan was not adopted.^{[citation needed]} The various cities and boroughs of South Hampshire remained under control of Hampshire County Council based at Winchester. However, in 1997, the City of Southampton became a unitary authority.

References

1. ^ The UK’s major urban areas as defined by the Office of National Statistics

Coordinates: 50°55′N 1°24′W / 50.917°N 1.4°W / 50.917; -1.4