Nuremberg Metropolitan Region | |
Native Name: | Metropolregion Nuremberg |
Image Blank Emblem: | Logo Metropolregion Nuremberg.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Logo |
Blank Emblem Size: | 250px |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Germany |
Subdivision Type1: | States |
Subdivision Name1: | |
Population Metro: | 3,610,543 |
Area Metro Km2: | 21,800 |
Population Density Metro Km2: | auto |
Population Density Metro Sq Mi: | auto |
Demographics Type2: | GDP |
Demographics2 Footnotes: | [1] |
Demographics2 Title1: | Metro |
Demographics2 Info1: | €156.517 billion (2021) |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
The Nuremberg Metropolitan Region comprises 3.5 million people on 21,800 square kilometers. With a gross domestic product of 134 billion euros and about 1.9 million employees, this metropolitan region is one of the strongest economic areas in Germany.[2] The major cities are Nuremberg, Fürth, Erlangen, Bayreuth and Bamberg.
The Nuremberg Metropolitan Region encloses geographically the administrative region of Middle Franconia, whole Upper Franconia, two territorial authorities of Lower Franconia and about half of the Upper Palatinate.
The region includes the cities Ansbach, Amberg, Bamberg, Bayreuth, Coburg, Erlangen, Fürth, Hof, Nuremberg, Schwabach and Weiden in der Oberpfalz as well as the rural districts of Amberg-Sulzbach, Ansbach, Bamberg, Bayreuth, Coburg, Erlangen-Höchstadt, Forchheim, Fürth, Haßberge, Hof, Kitzingen, Kronach, Kulmbach, Lichtenfels, Neumarkt, Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim, Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Nürnberger Land, Roth, Sonneberg, Tirschenreuth, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen and Wunsiedel.
In the metropolitan region of Nuremberg are several universities and Fachhochschulen (Universities of Applied Sciences). Some examples: