Hamburg Metropolitan Region
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| Hamburg Metropolitan Region Metropolregion Hamburg |
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| Country |  Germany |
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| States |  Hamburg Lower Saxony Schleswig-Holstein
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| Largest Cities | Hamburg | ||
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| - Metro | 19,800 km2 (7,644.8 sq mi) | ||
| Population [1] | |||
| - Metro | 4,300,000 | ||
| - Metro Density | 216/km2 (559.4/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| Website | http://www.metropolregion.hamburg.de/ | ||
The Metropolregion Hamburg (German for Hamburg metropolitan region) is the compilation of 8 rural districts in the German federal state of Lower Saxony, 6 districts in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein and the city-state of Hamburg in northern Germany. This area covers an area of ca 19000 km² and is home to 4,266 million inhabitants.
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[edit] 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]
[edit] 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 km2 (7,646 sq mi).[3]
| Bundesland | Rural district (Lower Saxony) |
District (Schleswig-Holstein) |
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| Hamburg | ||
| Cuxhaven | Dithmarschen | |
| Harburg | Lauenburg | |
| Lüchow-Dannenberg | Pinneberg | |
| Lüneburg | Segeberg | |
| Rotenburg | Steinburg | |
| Soltau-Fallingbostel | Stormarn | |
| Stade | ||
| Uelzen |
[edit] Larger Urban Zone
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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[4] (pop. density 429/km²). The Larger Urban Zone covers the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg and only the directly bordering districts[5]:
- Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (HH)
- Herzogtum Lauenburg (SH)
- Kreis Pinneberg
- Kreis Segeberg
- Kreis Stormarn
- Landkreis Harburg (NS)
- Landkreis Stade
[edit] See also
Metropolitan regions in Germany
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.deutsche-metropolregionen.org/mitglieder/hamburg.html
- ^ (in German), http://metropolregion.hamburg.de/impressum/, retrieved on 2009-03-24
- ^ Hamburg Metropolitan Area fact sheet, Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein), 2006, http://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/download/faltblaetter/Metropolregion_englisch.pdf, retrieved on 2009-03-24
- ^ http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=DE002C&CountryCode=DE
- ^ http://www.staedtestatistik.de/508.html
[edit] External links
- Metropolregion Hamburg - official webpage
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Coordinates: 53°30′N 10°00′E / 53.5°N 10.0°E
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