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Urban area in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Wrocław metropolitan area is a monocentric agglomeration in the south-western part of Poland, in the Lower Silesian Voivodship, consisting of the city of Wrocław (a global Gamma-level metropolis) and its satellite towns. The population living in the agglomeration is about 1.25 million people.
Wrocław metropolitan area
Aglomeracja wrocławska Wrocław agglomeration | |
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Urban area | |
![]() Skyline of Wrocław | |
![]() Wrocław metropolitan area in green, while city core in yellow | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
Area | |
• Metro | 3,627 km2 (1,400 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Metro | 1,250,000 |
• Metro density | 340/km2 (890/sq mi) |
GDP | |
• Metro | €16.579 billion (2021) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | aglomeracja |
In the case of the Wrocław agglomeration, its area is not strongly urbanized in its entirety. The agglomeration is defined as an area that is economically and geographically linked to Wrocław.
Data from GUS, with population included (30.06.2023)
In 2005, the city of Wroclaw and seven municipalities set up a company called Agencja Rozwoju Aglomeracji Wrocławskiej SA (ARAW, Wroclaw Agglomeration Development Agency).[3][4] At present, its shareholders include 30 municipalities from the districts:
In 2021 Wrocław's gross metropolitan product was €15.2 billion. This puts Wrocław in 165th place among cities in European Union.[5]
In June 2013, Wroclaw Agglomeration Association was registered, which currently comprises 26 municipalities from the Wroclaw agglomeration area:[6]
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