Which countries have more large cities by the sea coast? (estimates, metro area)

[B87]

Southampton and Plymouth are the largest cities on the south coast, though Southampton is about 10 miles from open sea.

Bristol has coastal suburbs, a port, and a metro population of 1m.

[easthome]

Originally Posted by B87

Southampton and Plymouth are the largest cities on the south coast, though Southampton is about 10 miles from open sea.

Bristol has coastal suburbs, a port, and a metro population of 1m.

Southampton and Plymouth are ports more than 'seaside towns' Brighton is a resort more like Blackpool, Bournemouth, Skegness or Bognor Regis.

[improb]

Italy, being a peninsula, has many coastal cities:

- Naples on the Tyrrhenian Coast with a metropolitan areas beteen 3 and 4,5 millions according to various sources
- Genoa on the Ligurian Coast with a metropolitan area of 1 million
- Venice on the Adriatic Coast with a metropolitan area of 1,5 million
- while technically its city center isn't on the sea, there are several neighbourhoods of Rome who are on the Tyrrhenian Coast. The city has a metropolitan area of 4 millions
- Bari is on the Adriatic Coast and has a metropolitan area of 1,4 millions
- Palermo is on the Tyrrhenian Coast and has a metropolitan area of 1 million
- Catania is on the Ionian Coast and has a metropolitan area of 1,2 million
- There are other sizable cities along the coast like Livorno, Salerno, Rimini, Messina, Reggio Calabria, Taranto and Trieste but none of them has a metropolitan area of 1 million or more

No that i think about it, the only major cities which aren't on the coast are Milan, Bologna, Turin and Florence

[Aztecgoddess]

^^^^^^

Rome is close to a sea, but is not a coastal city. The others I agree. Question, are Athens and Thesakoniki city ports?

[Davy-040]

Originally Posted by improb

Italy, being a peninsula, has many coastal cities:

- Venice on the Adriatic Coast with a metropolitan area of 1,5 million
- Genoa on the Ligurian Coast with a metropolitan area of 1 million
- Catania is on the Ionian Coast and has a metropolitan area of 1,2 million

No that i think about it, the only major cities which aren't on the coast are Milan, Bologna, Turin and Florence

Venice metro doesn't have 1.5 million people, 1 million max.

Metro's of Genoa and Catania have 800k-900k people.

[deneb78]

Vancouver is Canada's only city more than 1 million in its metro area that has a saltwater port.

[Eden Morlevent]

In France there is just Marseille, pop. 852,516 (metro area pop. 1 727 070 -- in 2012 ). The others are too small.

[jtur88]

Of Canada's 47 largest municipalities, only two (Vancouver and Halifax) are on the coast. Yet Canada has by far the world's longest coastline. Canada has 1/6 of the entire world's coastline.

[kikebxl]

Spain:

- Barcelona (4.2 mill metro area)
- Valencia (1.5 mill)
- Bilbao (around 1 mill)
- Malaga ( around 1 mill)

[Davy-040]

Originally Posted by kikebxl

Spain:

- Bilbao (around 1 mill)

Not really coastal, city centre is 12 km by road from the coast.