The Ústí nad Labem-Chomutov agglomeration () is the agglomeration of the cities of Ústí nad Labem, Most, Teplice, Děčín and Chomutov and their surroundings in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It was defined in 2020 as a tool for drawing money from the European Structural and Investment Funds and is valid in 2021–2027. The agglomeration has a population of about 553,000.
Definition The Ústí nad Labem-Chomutov agglomeration was first defined in 2014 by the Ministry of Regional Development of the Czech Republic for the purposes of the Integrated Land Development Plans, which was a tool for drawing money from the European Structural and Investment Funds. The agglomeration comprised 75 municipalities with about 522,000 inhabitants and had an area of .
The current Ústí nad Labem-Chomutov agglomeration was defined in 2020 by the Ministry of Regional Development for the purposes of the so-called Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI), which is a newer tool for drawing money from the European Structural and Investment Funds.
The territory was defined on the basis of a coefficient composed of three methods: integrated system of centres (i.e. delineation of commuting flows based on mobile operator data from 2019), time spent in core cities (based on mobile operator data from 2019) and residential suburbanization zones (based on statistics of realized housing construction and directional migration from the core of the agglomeration to suburban municipalities in the period 2009–2016). The scope of the territory is valid for the period 2021–2027.
Municipalities The agglomeration includes 132 municipalities. NamePopulation (2024)Arnoltice422Bečov1,386Benešov nad Ploučnicí3,574Bílence254Bílina14,580Bitozeves525Blatno615Blažim289Boleboř345Bořislav418Braňany1,191Brandov283Březno1,439Bynovec343Bystřany1,935Bžany917Černovice665Český Jiřetín103Chabařovice2,551Chlumec4,280Chomutov47,023Chuderov1,164Děčín46,799Dobkovice661Dobrná446Dolní Habartice605Dolní Zálezly560Droužkovice833Dubí8,071Duchcov8,685Františkov nad Ploučnicí392Habrovany230Havraň619Hlinná293Homole u Panny403Hora Svaté Kateřiny460Hora Svatého Šebestiána347Horní Habartice446Horní Jiřetín2,202Hostomice1,229Hřensko256Hrobčice1,112Hrušovany536Huntířov818Janov341Jeníkov874Jetřichovice397Jílové4,979Jirkov19,323Kadaň18,165Kalek261Kámen251Kladruby437Klášterec nad Ohří14,175Korozluky262Košťany3,238Křimov427Krupka12,779Kunratice266Labská Stráň223Lahošť691Ledvice536Libouchec1,897Lišnice214Litoměřice22,983Litvínov22,512Lom3,715Louka u Litvínova745Lovečkovice605Ludvíkovice955Lukov133Lužice580Malá Veleň435Malé Březno (Most District)241Malé Březno (Ústí nad Labem District)525Malečov858Málkov986Malšovice1,011Mariánské Radčice460Markvartice741Meziboří4,587Místo424Modlany1,144Most63,882Nezabylice279Novosedlice2,157Obrnice2,042Ohníč713Osek4,558Otvice714Patokryje440Pesvice198Petrovice904Polerady231Povrly2,261Prackovice nad Labem640Přestanov598Proboštov2,692Řehlovice1,463Rokle448Rtyně nad Bílinou835Růžová577Ryjice194Skršín297Spořice1,558Srbice492Stebno482Strupčice1,138Světec972Tašov133Těchlovice536Telnice694Teplice50,959Tisá1,005Trmice3,357Údlice1,322Újezdeček874Ústí nad Labem91,342Velemyšleves343Velké Březno2,432Velké Chvojno877Volevčice127Vrskmaň346Všehrdy156Všestudy179Výsluní286Výškov483Vysoká Pec1,174Zabrušany1,160Žalany498Želenice485Žim241Total553,455
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