The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as Greater Birmingham, is a metropolitan area composed of seven counties in central Alabama centered around its primary city of Birmingham. The population of this metropolitan area as of the 2009 census estimate was about 1,131,070. Thus is the 48th largest metropolitan area in the United States according to the U.S. Census 2000. Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area is part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area.

List of the counties and their county seatsEdit

• Bibb (Centreville)
• Blount (Oneonta)
• Chilton (Clanton)
• Jefferson ( Birmingham)
• St. Clair (Pell City and Ashville)
• Shelby ( Columbiana)
• Walker ( Jasper)

Cities and Towns within the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan areaEdit

• Alabaster
• Bessemer
• Center Point
• Clay
• Columbiana
• Ensley
• Fairfield
• Fultondale
• Gardendale
• Helena
• Homewood
• Hoover
• Hueytown
• Irondale
• Jasper
• Leeds
• Lipscomb
• Mountain Brook
• Pelham
• Pell City
• Pinson
• Pleasant Grove
• Trussville
• Vestavia Hills
• Woodstock

Natural FeaturesEdit

• Red Mountain
• Oak Mountain State Park
• Double Oak Mountain
• Black Warrior River
• Cahaba River
• Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge
• Talladega National Forest (Oakmulgee Division)
• Coosa River

Major Roads and HighwaysEdit

• Interstate 65
• Interstate 20
• Interstate 59
• Interstate 22 when completed in 2010
• Interstate 459
• US Highway 280
• US Highway 31
• US Highway 78
• US Highway 11
• US Highway 411

RiversEdit

• Cahaba River
• Black Warrior River
• Coosa River
• Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River
• Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River
• Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River

Coordinates: 33°31′29″N 86°48′46″W / 33.524755, -86.81274

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