Hamburg Metropolitan Region
Hamburg Metropolitan Region
Metropolregion Hamburg | |
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Largest Cities | Hamburg |
Area | |
• Metro | 26,000 km2 (10,000 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Metro | 5,100,000 |
• Metro density | 192/km2 (500/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Website | http://www.metropolregion.hamburg.de/ |
The Metropolregion Hamburg (German for Hamburg Metropolitan Region) is the compilation of eight districts in the German federal state of Lower Saxony, six districts in Schleswig-Holstein, two districts in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the city-state of Hamburg in northern Germany. It covers an area of ca 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
In 2005, the Hamburg metropolitan region consisted of the city-state Hamburg, rural districts of Lower Saxony, and districts of Schleswig-Holstein, with more than 800 cities, towns or municipalities. The region covered an area of 19,802 square kilometres (7,646 sq mi).[3] It was later extended with an area of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district and the Nordwestmecklenburg district of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
States and districts
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Largest cities and towns
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* Districts and District free cities (German: Kreisfreie Städte).
† Ludwigslust was merged into Ludwigslust-Parchim in 2011; pop. data for 2010
Larger Urban Zones
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The Hamburg Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) as defined by Eurostat's Urban Audit covers an area of 7,303 km² and in 2004 contained 3,134,620 inhabitants[6] (pop. density 429/km²). The Larger Urban Zone covers the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg and only the directly bordering districts:[7] The Hamburg LUZ corresponds with the service area of Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV). only in these areas, the population density is 150 inhabitants/km2 or higher.
State | District* | Population (2012) |
Area |
Pop. density (2012) |
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– | 1,813,587 | 755 km2 | 2,400/km2 |
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Harburg | 239,269 | 1,245 km2 | 190/km2 |
Stade | 195,606 | 1,266 km2 | 150/km2 | |
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Lauenburg | 187,905 | 1,263 km2 | 150/km2 |
Pinneberg | 298,826 | 664 km2 | 450/km2 | |
Segeberg | 261,988 | 1,334 km2 | 200/km2 | |
Stormarn | 232,911 | 766 km2 | 300/km2 | |
Hamburg LUZ[8][9] | 2,903,198 | |||
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Lübeck | 211,713 | 214.13 km2 | 990/km2 |
Ostholstein | 197,882 | 1,391 km2 | 140/km2 | |
Lübeck LUZ[8][9] | 391,373 | |||
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Bremerhaven† | 112,895 | 78,87 km2 | 1,400/km2 |
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Cuxhaven | 198,115 | 2,073 km2 | 96/km2 |
Bremerhaven LUZ[8][9] | 288,635 |
* Districts and District free cities (German: Kreisfreie Städte).
† not part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region
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Hamburg City Hall (Rathaus), seat of the Hamburg Senate
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Lübeck's seaside resort Travemünde
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Wismar, World Heritage old town
See also
References
- ^ "Hamburg" (in German). Retrieved 12 June 2009.
- ^ Impressum - metroploregion Hamburg (in German), retrieved 25 March 2009
- ^ Hamburg Metropolitan Area fact sheet (PDF), Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein), 2006, retrieved 25 March 2009
- ^ Bevölkerungsstand und Bevölkerungsdichte am 31.12.2012, Metropolregion Hamburg, 2013
- ^ Flächennutzung: Siedlungs- und Verkehrsfläche nach Art der tatsächlichen Nutzung am 31.12.2012, Metropolregion Hamburg, 2013
- ^ "Hamburg". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
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- ^ a b c Population by larger urban zone, eurostat, 2014
- ^ a b c Map of metro regions, eurostat, 2012
External links
- Metropolregion Hamburg - official webpage