Editing Bristol (section)

=== Bristol conurbation ===
The population of [[Bristol Urban Area|Bristol's contiguous urban area]] was put at 551,066 by the ONS based on Census 2001 data.<ref name="ANameSoThatWeDontHaveToUseIbidForTheNextRef">{{Cite web |title=The UKs major urban areas |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_compendia/fom2005/03_FOPM_UrbanAreas.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628203215/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_compendia/fom2005/03_FOPM_UrbanAreas.pdf |archive-date=28 June 2011 |access-date=12 May 2007 |website=Census 2001 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}</ref> In 2006 the ONS estimated Bristol's urban-area population at 587,400,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Population of Bristol |url=http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/stream/asset/?asset_id=29800002& |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918070115/http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/stream/asset/?asset_id=29800002& |archive-date=18 September 2010 |access-date=12 June 2011 |publisher=Bristol City Council |page=5 |format=PDF}}</ref> making it England's sixth-most populous city and tenth-most populous urban area.<ref name="ANameSoThatWeDontHaveToUseIbidForTheNextRef" />
At {{cvt|3599|PD/km²|0}} it has the seventh-highest population density of any English district.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2006 |title=ONS 2005 Mid-Year Estimates |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=9395&More=Y |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302063319/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=9395&More=Y |archive-date=2 March 2007 |access-date=12 May 2007 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}</ref> According to data from 2019, the urban area has the 11th-largest population in the UK with a population of 670,000.<ref name="UrbanPopulation">{{cite web |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/UK-UA.html |title=United Kingdom: Urban Areas |website=Citypopulation.de |access-date = 22 November 2020}}</ref>

In 2007 the [[European Spatial Planning Observation Network]] (ESPON) defined Bristol's [[functional urban area]] as including Weston-super-Mare, Bath and Clevedon with a total population of 1.04&nbsp;million, the twelfth largest of the UK.<ref>[[European Spatial Planning Observation Network]], [http://www.espon.eu/export/sites/default/Documents/Projects/ESPON2006Projects/StudiesScientificSupportProjects/UrbanFunctions/fr-1.4.3_April2007-final.pdf Study on Urban Functions (Project 1.4.3)] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924002318/http://www.espon.eu/export/sites/default/Documents/Projects/ESPON2006Projects/StudiesScientificSupportProjects/UrbanFunctions/fr-1.4.3_April2007-final.pdf |date=24 September 2015 }}, Final Report, Chapter 3, (ESPON, 2007)</ref>
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