Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region

Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region
Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region
Metropolregion Berlin/Brandenburg
Map of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region[1]
Country  Germany
States  Berlin
 Brandenburg
Largest city Berlin (3,439,100 inh. in 2010[2])
Area
 – Metro 5,730 km2 (2,212.4 sq mi)
Population
 – Metro 4,429,847
 – Metro density 825/km2 (2,136.7/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
Website Official website

The Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region (German: Metropolregion Berlin/Brandenburg) is one of the 11 metropolitan regions of Germany. The territory includes the city of Berlin and its surrounding urban belt, located in the state of Brandenburg: The city of Potsdam and part 8 districts.

Contents

Geography

The metropolitan region counts the independent cities of Berlin and Potsdam (state capital of Brandenburg), and 67 other municipalities[3]. The other communes are listed below, subdivided per district (Landkreis)[4]:

Centralities

Regional map with the centralities

The region counts three levels of centralities (Zentralörtliche Gliederung): A metropolis (Metropole), an upper level centre (Oberzentrum) and 17 middle level centres (Mittelzentren).

Metropolis
Upper centre
Middle centres

Demographics

Population of the metropolitan region Berlin/Brandenburg. Legend: Black = Overall / Blue = Berlin / Orange = Rest of Brandenburg[5]
Map of the metropolitan regions of Germany within Berlin-Brandenburg

Population of the region is mainly condensed in Berlin and Potsdam. The other towns have a population lesser than 50,000 inhabitants and the lesser-populated municipalities are Pessin (654) and Retzow (562). The list shows the most populated places in the area:

  1. Berlin (3,439,100)
  2. Potsdam (154,606)
  3. Oranienburg (41,590)
  4. Falkensee (40,179)
  5. Bernau (36,154)
  6. Königs Wusterhausen (33,762)
  7. Fürstenwalde (32,576)
  8. Strausberg (26,221)
  9. Hennigsdorf (25,900)
  10. Blankenfelde-Mahlow (25,818)
  11. Hohen Neuendorf (24,139)
  12. Ludwigsfelde (23,992)
  13. Werder (23,004)
  14. Teltow (21,904)
  15. Wandlitz (21,530)
  16. Kleinmachnow (19,589)
  17. Panketal (19,179)
  18. Zossen (17,590)
  19. Neuenhagen (16,755)
  20. Hoppegarten (16,684)
  21. Nauen (16,523)
  22. Rüdersdorf (15,344)

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ shown in orange and red
  2. ^ (German) Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg
  3. ^ (German) Geographic portal on the official website
  4. ^ the municipalities marked with (c) have city status
  5. ^ (German) Population statistics of Berlin and Brandenburg

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