The

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

Metropolitan Region is one of eleven

metropolitan regions in Germany There are eleven metropolitan regions in Germany consisting of the country's most densely populated cities and their catchment areas. They represent Germany's political, commercial and cultural centres. The eleven metropolitan regions in Germany w ...

, consisting of the agglomeration areas of

Augsburg Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ...

Ingolstadt Ingolstadt (, Austro-Bavarian: ) is an independent city on the Danube in Upper Bavaria with 139,553 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2022). Around half a million people live in the metropolitan area. Ingolstadt is the second largest city in Upper Ba ...

, Landshut, Rosenheim and

Landsberg am Lech Landsberg am Lech (Landsberg at the Lech (river), Lech) is a Town#Germany, town in southwest Bavaria, Germany, about 65 kilometers west of Munich and 35 kilometers south of Augsburg. It is the capital of the district of Landsberg (district), Lands ...

. It is Germany's fifth most populous metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan-Region, the Frankfurt Rhine-Main-Region, the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan-Region and the Stuttgart Metropolitan-Region.

Metropolitan Region

*State:

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

*Districts:

Lower Bavaria Lower Bavaria (german: Niederbayern, Bavarian: ''Niedabayern'') is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of the state. Geography Lower Bavaria is subdivided into two regions () – Landshut and Donau- ...

Upper Bavaria Upper Bavaria (german: Oberbayern, ; ) is one of the seven administrative districts of Bavaria, Germany. Geography Upper Bavaria is located in the southern portion of Bavaria, and is centered on the city of Munich, both state capital and seat o ...

, Swabia *Area: 27,700 km² (40% of the state of Bavaria) *Population: 5,991,144 *GDP: 210 billion euro (53% of the Bavarian GDP) In comparison to the other ten German Metropolitan Regions, the Munich Metropolitan Region had: *the highest population growth (about 5% from 1997 to 2004) *the largest increase in employment (over 5% from 1997 to 2004) *the highest gross value added per employed person (2003) *the highest tax revenue per inhabitant (2003)

Larger Urban Zone

The Munich

Larger Urban Zone The larger urban zone (LUZ), or functional urban area (FUA), is a measure of the population and expanse of metropolitan and surrounding areas which may or may not be exclusively urban. It consists of a city and its commuting zone outside it. The ...

(LUZ) as defined by Eurostat's ''Urban Audit'' covers an area of 5,500 km² and in 2004 contained 2,531,706 inhabitants (pop. density 460,31/km²). The Larger Urban Zone covers the following cities and districts:http://www.staedtestatistik.de/507.html Retrieved 15 June 2009. *Stadt München * Landkreis Dachau * Landkreis Ebersberg * Landkreis Erding * Landkreis Freising * Landkreis Fürstenfeldbruck * Landkreis Landsberg am Lech * Landkreis München * Landkreis Starnberg

References

External links

Official website
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Initiative for European Metropolitan Regions in Germany
(German) Metropolitan areas of Germany Geography of Munich {{Bavaria-geo-stub