| County: | Western Connecticut Planning Region |
| Official Name: | Western Connecticut Council of Governments (WestCOG) |
| Type: | Planning region |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Ex Image Cap: | From top left: South Norwalk, Saugatuck River in Westport, Greenwich Point Beach, Candlewood Lake, Downtown Stamford |
| Logo Size: | 200 |
| Founded Year: | 2013 |
| Leader Title: | Executive Director |
| Leader Name: | Francis Pickering |
| Largest City Wl: | Stamford |
| Other Cities: | Norwalk, Danbury |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 532.1 |
| Census Yr: | 2020 |
| Pop: | 620,549 |
| Web: | westcog.org |
| District: | 4th |
| District2: | 5th |
| Time Zone: | Eastern |
The Western Connecticut Planning Region is a planning region and county-equivalent in Connecticut. It is served by the coterminous Western Connecticut Council of Governments (WestCOG), one of nine regional councils of governments in Connecticut. Within the region, there are two Metropolitan Planning Organizations, South Western CT MPO and the Housatonic Valley MPO.
The region includes the Connecticut Panhandle, Greater Danbury, and the Gold Coast. In 2022, planning regions were approved to replace Connecticut's counties as county-equivalents for statistical purposes, with full implementation occurring by 2024.[1] [2]
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 620,549 people living in the Western Connecticut Planning Region, making it the second most populated region in the state behind the Capitol Planning Region.
The following municipalities are members of the Western Connecticut Region:[3]