Hamburg Metropolitan Region

Hamburg Metropolitan Region
Metropolregion Hamburg

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location of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region in Germany
Country  Germany
States

 Hamburg
 Lower Saxony
 Schleswig-Holstein
 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Largest Cities Hamburg
Area
 • Metro 26,000 km2 (10,000 sq mi)
Population [1]
 • Metro 5,100,000
 • Metro density 192/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
Website http://www.metropolregion.hamburg.de/

The Hamburg Metropolitan Region (German: Metropolregion Hamburg) is a metropolitan area centred around the city of Hamburg in northern Germany, consisting of eight districts (Landkreise) in the federal state of Lower Saxony, six districts (Kreise) in the state of Schleswig-Holstein and two districts in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern along with the city-state of Hamburg itself. It covers an area of roughly 26,000 square kilometres (10,000 sq mi) and is home to more than 5.1 million inhabitants.

History

On 1 January 2006 the office of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region opened, as agreed in a state treaty of cooperation (Staatsvertrag über Zusammenarbeit) between Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein.[2]

Geography

As of 2005, the Hamburg Metropolitan Region was made up of the city of Hamburg along with numerous rural districts in Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein, altogether comprising 800 cities, towns and municipalities with an overall land area of 19,802 square kilometres (7,646 sq mi).[3] Since then it has expanded to cover the districts of Ludwigslust-Parchim (partially from 2012, entirely from 2017)[4] and Nordwestmecklenburg (from 2012)[5] in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

States and districts

State District* Population
(2012)		 Area
Pop. density
(2012)
 Hamburg–1,813,587755 km22,400/km2
 Lower SaxonyCuxhaven198,1152,073 km296/km2
Harburg239,2691,245 km2190/km2
Lüchow-Dannenberg49,0821,220 km240/km2
Lüneburg174,6851,323 km2130/km2
Rotenburg162,1822,070 km278/km2
Soltau-Fallingbostel136,0721,873 km273/km2
Stade195,6061,266 km2150/km2
Uelzen93,2841,454 km264/km2
 Mecklenburg-VorpommernLudwigslust†122,5642,517 km249/km2
Nordwestmecklenburg155,8012,117 km274/km2
 Schleswig-HolsteinDithmarschen132,9651,405 km295/km2
Lauenburg187,9051,263 km2150/km2
Lübeck211,713214 km2990/km2
Neumünster76,95172 km21,100/km2
Ostholstein197,8821,391 km2140/km2
Pinneberg298,826664 km2450/km2
Segeberg261,9881,334 km2200/km2
Steinburg130,1351,056 km2120/km2
Stormarn232,911766 km2300/km2
Hamburg Metropolitan Region[6][7]4,990,3072,610,311 km2191/km2

Largest cities and towns

City* or town Population
(2012)		 Area
Pop. density
(2012)
Hamburg1,813,587755 km22,400/km2
Lübeck211,713214 km2990/km2
Neumünster76,95172 km21,100/km2
Norderstedt74,57458 km21,300/km2
Lüneburg70,43870 km21,000/km2
Cuxhaven48,829162 km2300/km2
Elmshorn47,49021 km22,200/km2
Stade45,198110 km2410/km2
Wismar42,43341 km21,000/km2
Pinneberg41,72622 km21,900/km2
Seevetal39,921105 km2380/km2
Buxtehude39,85876 km2520/km2
Buchholz i. d. N.36,87575 km2490/km2
Uelzen33,467136 km2250/km2
Winsen32,638110 km2300/km2
Wedel31,72534 km2940/km2
Ahrensburg31,29235 km2890/km2
Itzehoe30,95628 km21,100/km2
Geesthacht29,09833 km2880/km2
Reinbek26,34731 km2840/km2

* Districts and independent (German: kreisfrei) cities.
† Ludwigslust was merged into Ludwigslust-Parchim in 2011; pop. data for 2010

  District free city

Larger Urban Zones

4. Hamburg metropolitan region
Regions of Europe with the largest GDP per capita, Hamburg #4

The Hamburg Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) as defined by Eurostat's Urban Audit covers an area of 7,303 km² and in 2004 had a population of 3,134,620 inhabitants.[8] The Larger Urban Zone covers only the city of Hamburg and its directly neighbouring districts.[9] The Hamburg LUZ corresponds with the service area of the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV) transport association with an average population density of at least 150 inhabitants/km2.

State District* Population
(2012)		 Area
Pop. density
(2012)
 Hamburg–1,813,587755 km22,400/km2
 Lower SaxonyHarburg239,2691,245 km2190/km2
Stade195,6061,266 km2150/km2
 Schleswig-HolsteinLauenburg187,9051,263 km2150/km2
Pinneberg298,826664 km2450/km2
Segeberg261,9881,334 km2200/km2
Stormarn232,911766 km2300/km2
Hamburg LUZ[10][11]2,903,198
 Schleswig-HolsteinLübeck211,713214.13 km2990/km2
Ostholstein197,8821,391 km2140/km2
Lübeck LUZ[10][11]391,373
 BremenBremerhaven†112,89578,87 km21,400/km2
 Lower SaxonyCuxhaven198,1152,073 km296/km2
Bremerhaven LUZ[10][11]288,635

* Districts and independent (German: kreisfrei) cities.
† not part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hamburg" (in German). Retrieved 12 June 2009.
  2. ↑ Impressum - metropolregion Hamburg (in German), retrieved 25 March 2009
  3. ↑ Hamburg Metropolitan Area fact sheet (PDF), Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein), 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2009, retrieved 25 March 2009
  4. ↑ http://www.kreis-lup.de/leben-im-landkreis/regionalentwicklung/metropolregion-hamburg/
  5. ↑ https://www.nordwestmecklenburg.de/de/metropolregion-hamburg/metropolregion-hamburg.html
  6. ↑ Bevölkerungsstand und Bevölkerungsdichte am 31.12.2012, Metropolregion Hamburg, 2013
  7. ↑ Flächennutzung: Siedlungs- und Verkehrsfläche nach Art der tatsächlichen Nutzung am 31.12.2012, Metropolregion Hamburg, 2013
  8. ↑ "Hamburg". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
  9. ↑ http://www.staedtestatistik.de/508.html Retrieved 15 June 2009.
  10. 1 2 3 Population by larger urban zone, eurostat, 2014
  11. 1 2 3 Map of metro regions, eurostat, 2012

Coordinates: 53°30′N 10°00′E / 53.5°N 10.0°E / 53.5; 10.0

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