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
Largest Cities	Hamburg
Area
– 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 19,000 km² and is home to 4.266 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 km² (7,646 sq mi).^[3]

Bundesland	Rural district (Lower Saxony)	District (Schleswig-Holstein)
Hamburg
	Cuxhaven	Dithmarschen
	Harburg	Lauenburg
	Lüchow-Dannenberg	Pinneberg
	Lüneburg	Segeberg
	Rotenburg	Steinburg
	Soltau-Fallingbostel	Stormarn
	Stade
	Uelzen

Larger Urban Zone

4. Hamburg metropolitan region

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

References

1. ^ http://www.deutsche-metropolregionen.org/mitglieder/hamburg.html
2. ^ (in German) Impressum - metroploregion Hamburg, http://metropolregion.hamburg.de/impressum/, retrieved 2009-03-24 
3. ^ 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 2009-03-24 
4. ^ http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=DE002C&CountryCode=DE
5. ^ http://www.staedtestatistik.de/508.html

See also

• Metropolitan regions in Germany

External links

• Metropolregion Hamburg - official webpage

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