Madrid is the capital of Spain (since 1562) and also the capital of the autonomous community of Madrid. It is situated in the geographic centre of the Iberian Peninsula. The metropolitan area of Madrid (city and all satellite towns) has about 5 million inhabitants. The city of Madrid has a population of about 3.2 million inhabitants and is after Paris, London and Berlin the fourth biggest city in the European Union. As Spain is a very religious and predominantly catholic country, the population of Madrid is to 85% Roman Catholic, 2% are Jewish and another 2% are Muslims.