Hamburg Metropolitan Region

The Hamburg Metropolitan Region () is a metropolitan region centred around the city of Hamburg in northern Germany, consisting of eight districts () in the federal state of Lower Saxony, six districts () 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 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 () between Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein.

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 . Since then it has expanded to cover the districts of Ludwigslust-Parchim (partially from 2012, entirely from 2017) and Nordwestmecklenburg (from 2012) in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

States and districts State District* Population (2012) Area Pop. density (2012) – 1,813,587 755 km2 2,400/km2 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 Ludwigslust† 122,564 2,517 km2 49/km2 Nordwestmecklenburg 155,801 2,117 km2 74/km2 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 RegionBevölkerungsstand und Bevölkerungsdichte am 31.12.2012, Metropolregion Hamburg, 2013Flächennutzung: Siedlungs- und Verkehrsfläche nach Art der tatsächlichen Nutzung am 31.12.2012, Metropolregion Hamburg, 2013 4,990,307 26078 km2191/km2Largest 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 () cities. † Ludwigslust was merged into Ludwigslust-Parchim in 2011; pop. data for 2010

Larger Urban Zones

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. The Larger Urban Zone covers only the city of Hamburg and its directly neighbouring districts.http://www.staedtestatistik.de/508.html Retrieved 15 June 2009. 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) – 1,813,587 755 km2 2,400/km2 Harburg 239,269 1,245 km2 190/km2 Stade 195,606 1,266 km2 150/km2 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 LUZMap of metro regions, Eurostat, 2012 2,903,198 Lübeck 211,713 214.13 km2 990/km2 Ostholstein 197,882 1,391 km2 140/km2 Lübeck LUZ 391,373 Bremerhaven† 112,895 78,87 km2 1,400/km2 Cuxhaven 198,115 2,073 km2 96/km2 Bremerhaven LUZ 288,635 * Districts and independent () cities. † not part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region

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