Munich Metropolitan Region

The Munich Metropolitan Region is one of eleven metropolitan regions in Germany, consisting of the agglomeration areas of Munich, Augsburg, Ingolstadt, Landshut, Rosenheim and Landsberg am Lech. 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
 * Districts: Lower Bavaria, Upper Bavaria, 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 (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:


 * Stadt München
 * Landkreis Dachau
 * Landkreis Ebersberg
 * Landkreis Erding
 * Landkreis Freising
 * Landkreis Fürstenfeldbruck
 * Landkreis Landsberg am Lech
 * Landkreis München
 * Landkreis Starnberg