The
Stockholm urban area is the largest and most populous of the statistical localities or
urban areas in Sweden. It has no administrative function of its own, but constitutes a continuous built-up area, which extends into 11
municipalities in
Stockholm County. It contains the municipal seats of 10 of those. As of 31 December 2010, the population in the Stockholm urban area was 1,372,565 inhabitants, the area , and the
population density 3,597 inh/km². Stockholm urban area is not the same as
Metropolitan Stockholm , which is a much larger area.