Northwest Metropolitan Region

Northwest Metropolitan Region Metropolregion Nordwest
Bremen
Location of the Northwest Metropolitan Region in Germany
Country	Germany
States	Lower Saxony
Area
• Metro	13,770 km2 (5,320 sq mi)
Population
• Metro	2,797,706
• Metro density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
GDP
• Metro	€108.006 billion (2021)
Time zone	UTC 1 (CET)
Website	www.metropolregion-nordwest.de

The European Northwest Metropolitan Region (German: Metropolregion Nordwest), formerly Metropolitan Region of Bremen/Oldenburg (German: Metropolregion Bremen/Oldenburg) is one of the eleven metropolitan regions in Germany. It covers the area of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen with its cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven and parts of the state of Lower Saxony. As of 2022, the region had almost 2.8 million residents.

History

The region was designated on 28 April 2005 by the German Ministerial Conference for Regional Development (Ministerkonferenz für Raumordnung) or MKRO as a European metropolitan region on the basis of its international links through several ports and airports, its diverse industries and research institutions (universities and technical colleges) and its good municipal cooperation. Prior to that, regional bodies and institutions had decided in a few weeks on a joint resolution calling for recognition as a European metropolitan region. This was formally signed in Jever on 12 April 2005.

The metropolitan region had a historical forerunner in the Département des Bouches du Weser in the time of the Napoleonic occupation; and the two overlap to a large extent.

Composition

Cities

• Bremen
• Bremerhaven
• Delmenhorst
• Oldenburg
• Wilhelmshaven

Districts

• Ammerland
• Cloppenburg
• Cuxhaven
• Diepholz
• Friesland
• Oldenburg
• Osnabrück
• Osterholz
• Vechta
• Verden
• Wesermarsch

External links

• www.metropolregion-nordwest.de