Metropolitan may refer to: *

Metropolitan area A metropolitan area or metro is a region that consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metro area usually com ...

, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories *

Metropolitan borough A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts within metropolitan ...

, a form of local government district in England *

Metropolitan county The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level administrative division of England. There are six metropolitan counties, which each cover large urban areas, with populations between 1 and 3 million. They were created in 1974 and are each di ...

, a type of county-level administrative division of England

Businesses

* Metro-Cammell, previously the Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company * Metropolitan-Vickers, a British heavy electrical engineering company * Metropolitan Stores, a Canadian former department store chain * Metropolitan Books, an imprint of

Henry Holt and Company Henry Holt and Company is an American book-publishing company based in New York City. One of the oldest publishers in the United States, it was founded in 1866 by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt. Currently, the company publishes in the fields ...

Colleges and universities

* Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom * London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom * Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom * Metropolitan Community College (Omaha), United States * Metropolitan State University of Denver, United States **

Metro State Roadrunners The Metro State Roadrunners are the athletic teams that represent Metropolitan State University of Denver. The Roadrunners participate in 15 intercollegiate sports and compete in the Division II Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. History Metro ...

* Metropolitan State University, in Saint Paul, Minnesota * Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway *

Swansea Metropolitan University , students = 5,765 , undergrad = 4,520 , postgrad = 1,075 , other = 175 FE , city = Swansea , country = Wales, UK , campus = Urban , address = Mount PleasantSwansea SA1 6ED , we ...

, United Kingdom * Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan * Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada

Film

* ''Metropolitan'' (1990 film), a film by Whit Stillman * ''Metropolitan'' (1935 film), a film by Richard Boleslawski

Literature

* ''Metropolitan'' (novel), a science fiction novel by Walter Jon Williams * ''The Metropolitan'' (newspaper), the college newspaper of Metropolitan State University of Denver *''

The Metropolitan Magazine ''The Metropolitan: A monthly journal of literature, science, and the fine arts'' was a London monthly journal inaugurated in May 1831, originally edited by Thomas Campbell. It was then published by James Cochrane. ''The Metropolitan Magazine'' ...

'', a publication from London * ''Metropolitan Magazine'' (New York City), a literary magazine * ''

Seattle Metropolitan ''Seattle Metropolitan'', or ''Seattle Met'', is a monthly city magazine covering Seattle, Washington. Its first issue was published in March 2006, and features reporting and feature articles on Seattle events, politics, people, dining and restaura ...

'', a local-interest magazine published in Seattle, Washington

Music

Metropolitan (band) Metropolitan are an American four-piece indie rock group from Washington, D.C. Metropolitan began as a collaboration between guitarists John Masters and Aidan Coughlan in late 1998, and they recorded and released their debut record, "Side Effect ...

, an indie rock group from Washington, D.C. * "Metropolitan", a song by Nemo

Transport

Transit systems

Metropolitan (train) The ''Metropolitan'' (stylised as ) was a premium passenger train service between the cities of Cologne and Hamburg in Germany. Meant as an alternative to air transport, the first-class-only trains were operated from 1 August 1999 until 11 Dece ...

, a discontinued German train service between Cologne and Hamburg *

Metropolitan line The Metropolitan line, colloquially known as the Met, is a London Underground line between in the City of London and and in Buckinghamshire, with branches to in Hertfordshire and in Hillingdon. Printed in magenta on the tube map, the line i ...

, a London Underground route

Vehicles

* Convair Metropolitan, an airliner *

Metropolitan Special The ''Metropolitan Special'' was the workhorse passenger train of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) during the 1920s–1960s between St. Louis, Missouri, and New York's Rockfeller Center station. In earlier years only the east-bound #12 c ...

, a named train of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, from Jersey City to St. Louis * Nash Metropolitan, an automobile * Scania Metropolitan, a double-decker bus * ''Metropolitan'', a named train of the

Pennsylvania Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was named ...

, from New York City to St. Louis

Venues

* Metropolitan (bar), a gay bar in New York City * Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York * Metropolitan Opera, in New York * Teatro Metropólitan, a theatre in Mexico * The Metropolitan Theatre, a theatre and music hall in Edgware Road, Paddington, London, now demolished

Other uses

* Metropolitan (cocktail), a variation of the Brandy Manhattan * Metropolitan archdiocese, the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop * Metropolitan area network, a city-spanning computer network * Metropolitan bishop or archbishop, leader of an ecclesiastical "mother see" * Metropolitan Division, a division in the National Hockey League *

Metropolitan Police Service The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police (and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or the Yard), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and ...

, the police force of Greater London, England