Hamburg Metropolitan Region

Template:Infobox settlement The Hamburg Metropolitan Region (Template:Langx) is a metropolitan region centred around the city of Hamburg in northern Germany, consisting of eight districts (Template:Lang) in the federal state of Lower Saxony, six districts (Template:Lang) 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 Template:Convert 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 (Template:Lang) between Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

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 Template:Convert.<ref name="factsheet2006">Template:Citation</ref> Since then it has expanded to cover the districts of Ludwigslust-Parchim (partially from 2012, entirely from 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Nordwestmecklenburg (from 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

States and districts State District* Population (2012) Area Pop. density (2012) Template:Flag – 1,813,587 755 km2 2,400/km2 Template:Flag Cuxhaven 198,115 2,073 km2 96/km2 Harburg 239,269 1,245 km2 190/km2 Lüchow-Dannenberg 49,082 1,220 km2 40/km2 Lüneburg 174,685 1,323 km2 130/km2 Rotenburg 162,182 2,070 km2 78/km2 Soltau-Fallingbostel 136,072 1,873 km2 73/km2 Stade 195,606 1,266 km2 150/km2 Uelzen 93,284 1,454 km2 64/km2 Template:Flag Ludwigslust† 122,564 2,517 km2 49/km2 Nordwestmecklenburg 155,801 2,117 km2 74/km2 Template:Flag Dithmarschen 132,965 1,405 km2 95/km2 Lauenburg 187,905 1,263 km2 150/km2 Lübeck 211,713 214 km2 990/km2 Neumünster 76,951 72 km2 1,100/km2 Ostholstein 197,882 1,391 km2 140/km2 Pinneberg 298,826 664 km2 450/km2 Segeberg 261,988 1,334 km2 200/km2 Steinburg 130,135 1,056 km2 120/km2 Stormarn 232,911 766 km2 300/km2 Hamburg Metropolitan Region<ref>Bevölkerungsstand und Bevölkerungsdichte am 31.12.2012Template:Dead link, Metropolregion Hamburg, 2013</ref><ref>Flächennutzung: Siedlungs- und Verkehrsfläche nach Art der tatsächlichen Nutzung am 31.12.2012Template:Dead link, Metropolregion Hamburg, 2013</ref> 4,990,307 26078 km2 191/km2

Largest cities and towns City* or town Population (2012) Area Pop. density (2012) Hamburg 1,813,587 755 km2 2,400/km2 Lübeck 211,713 214 km2 990/km2 Schwerin 95,818 130 km2 730/km2 Neumünster 76,951 72 km2 1,100/km2 Norderstedt 74,574 58 km2 1,300/km2 Lüneburg 70,438 70 km2 1,000/km2 Cuxhaven 48,829 162 km2 300/km2 Elmshorn 47,490 21 km2 2,200/km2 Stade 45,198 110 km2 410/km2 Wismar 42,433 41 km2 1,000/km2 Pinneberg 41,726 22 km2 1,900/km2 Seevetal 39,921 105 km2 380/km2 Buxtehude 39,858 76 km2 520/km2 Buchholz i. d. N. 36,875 75 km2 490/km2 Uelzen 33,467 136 km2 250/km2 Winsen (Luhe) 32,638 110 km2 300/km2 Wedel 31,725 34 km2 940/km2 Ahrensburg 31,292 35 km2 890/km2 Itzehoe 30,956 28 km2 1,100/km2 Geesthacht 29,098 33 km2 880/km2 Reinbek 26,347 31 km2 840/km2

* Districts and independent (Template:Langx) cities.
^† Ludwigslust was merged into Ludwigslust-Parchim in 2011; pop. data for 2010 Template:Legend

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Larger Urban Zone covers only the city of Hamburg and its directly neighbouring districts.<ref>http://www.staedtestatistik.de/508.html Template:Webarchive Retrieved 15 June 2009.</ref> 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)
Template:Flag	–	1,813,587	755 km2	2,400/km2
Template:Flag	Harburg	239,269	1,245 km2	190/km2
	Stade	195,606	1,266 km2	150/km2
Template:Flag	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<ref name="eurostat">Population by larger urban zone, eurostat, 2014</ref><ref name="eurostat-map">Map of metro regionsTemplate:Dead link, eurostat, 2012</ref>		2,903,198
Template:Flag	Lübeck	211,713	214.13 km2	990/km2
	Ostholstein	197,882	1,391 km2	140/km2
Lübeck LUZ<ref name=eurostat/><ref name=eurostat-map/>		391,373
Template:Flag	Bremerhaven†	112,895	78,87 km2	1,400/km2
Template:Flag	Cuxhaven	198,115	2,073 km2	96/km2
Bremerhaven LUZ<ref name=eurostat/><ref name=eurostat-map/>		288,635

* Districts and independent (Template:Langx) cities.
^† not part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region

• 
  Hamburg City Hall (Rathaus), seat of the Hamburg Senate
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  Hamburg's Binnenalster lake
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  Travemünde, seaside resort in Lübeck
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  Cuxhaven
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  Historic market place (Marktplatz) in Wismar

See also

• Metropolitan regions in Germany
• List of metropolitan areas in the European Union by GDP

External links

• Metropolregion Hamburg - official webpage