The Ostrava metropolitan area (Czech: Ostravská metropolitní oblast) is the metropolitan area with the city of Ostrava in the Czech Republic at its center. The Ostrava urban area is the largest urban area in the metropolitan area with a population of 365,000.[3] The metropolitan area has over 81% of the population of the Moravian-Silesian Region. The population of the metropolitan area is 970,189 as of 2024.[1] An alternative definition, the Eurostat Larger Urban Zone, lists a population of 1,153,876.[4] The Ostrava metropolitan area is sometimes combined with the Katowice metropolitan area to form a wider metropolitan area[3][5] with a population of 5,008,000 (2015).[5] The metropolitan area has 172 municipalities.[6]
Ostrava metropolitan area
Ostravská metropolitní oblast | |
|---|---|
Urban area | |
 Skyline of Ostrava | |
| Country |  Czechia |
| Region | Moravia-Silesia |
| Largest city | Ostrava |
| Area | |
| • Metro | 2,710 km2 (1,050 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
| • Metro | 970,189 |
| • Metro density | 360/km2 (930/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | €24.329 billion (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Website | itiostravsko |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 685,680 | — |
| 1961 | 826,049 | +20.5% |
| 1970 | 960,213 | +16.2% |
| 1980 | 1,032,465 | +7.5% |
| 1991 | 1,049,794 | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 1,034,314 | −1.5% |
| 2011 | 985,696 | −4.7% |
| 2021 | 949,291 | −3.7% |
| Source: Censuses[7][8] | ||
Municipalities edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Population of municipalities of the Czech Republic, 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions". ec.europa.eu.
- ^ a b European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) "ESPON project 1.4.3. Study on Urban Functions" – Final report, March 2007, ISBN 2-9600467-2-2, p.37. The morphological urban area (MUA) has a population of 365,000 while the functional urban area (FUA) has a population of 983,000
- ^ Urban Audit.org Archived 2007-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Redefining Global Cities". Brookings Institution.
- ^ "Území Ostravské metropolitní oblasti (ITI) pro období 2021-2027". Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 1–2.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
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