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Wrocław metropolitan area Aglomeracja wrocławskaWrocław agglomeration
Urban area
From top, left to right: Wrocław Old Town Cathedral Island with the Wrocław Cathedral Palace in Jelcz-Laskowice Renaissance castle in Oleśnica Wrocław Główny railway station
Wrocław metropolitan area in green, while city core in yellow
Wrocław metropolitan area
Coordinates: 51°6′28.4″N 17°2′18.6″E / 51.107889°N 17.038500°E / 51.107889; 17.038500
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
Area
• Metro	3,627 km (1,400 sq mi)
Population
• Metro	1,250,000
• Metro density	340/km (890/sq mi)
GDP
• Metro	€16.579 billion (2021)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Primary airport	Wrocław Airport
Highways
Website	aglomeracja.wroclaw.pl

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.

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.

Cities and towns

Data from GUS, with population included (30.06.2023)

• Wrocław – 674,132
• Oleśnica – 35,210
• Oława – 33,183
• Jelcz-Laskowice – 15,088
• Trzebnica – 13,624
• Brzeg Dolny – 12,565
• Wołów – 12,043
• Strzelin – 11,956
• Siechnice – 10,797
• Milicz 10,785
• Kiełczów – 10,569
• Syców – 9,928
• Środa Śląska – 9,548
• Oborniki Śląskie – 8,992
• Kąty Wrocławskie – 7,171
• Sobótka – 6,997
• Twardogóra – 6,207
• Żmigród – 6,205
• Smolec – 5,384
• Bielany Wrocławskie – 4,495
• Bierutów – 4,481
• Długołęka – 4,127

Development Agency

In 2005, the city of Wroclaw and seven municipalities set up a company called Agencja Rozwoju Aglomeracji Wrocławskiej SA (ARAW, Wroclaw Agglomeration Development Agency). At present, its shareholders include 30 municipalities from the districts:

• Wrocław County
  • Czernica
  • Długołęka
  • Kąty Wrocławskie
  • Kobierzyce
  • Siechnice
  • Wrocław
  • Żórawina
• Trzebnica County
  • Oborniki Śląskie
  • Prusice
  • Trzebnica
  • Wisznia Mała
  • Żmigród
• Środa Śląska County
  • Kostomłoty
  • Malczyce
  • Miękinia
  • Środa Śląska
  • Udanin
• Strzelin County
  • Strzelin
• Oława County
  • Domaniów
  • Oława
  • Jelcz-Laskowice
• Oleśnica County
  • Dobroszyce
  • Oleśnica
  • Bierutów
  • Twardogóra
• Milicz County
  • Krośnice
  • Milicz
• Wołów County
  • Brzeg Dolny
  • Wołów
• Świdnica County
  • Świdnica

Economy

In 2021 Wrocław's gross metropolitan product was €15.2 billion. This puts Wrocław in 165th place among cities in European Union.

Wrocław Agglomeration Association

In June 2013, Wroclaw Agglomeration Association was registered, which currently comprises 26 municipalities from the Wroclaw agglomeration area:

Sports

See also

• Metropolitan areas in Poland
• Koleje Dolnośląskie
• Katowice metropolitan area

References

1. Urban Audit: City Profiles, archived from the original on 2013-10-14
2. "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions". ec.europa.eu.
3. Buček, Ján; Ryder, Andrew (2015-04-15). Governance in Transition. Springer. ISBN 978-94-007-5503-1.
4. "Wroclaw Agglomeration Development Agency | Invest in Wrocław". Retrieved 2021-03-31.
5. "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat".
6. "O nas · Aglomeracja Wrocławska". aglomeracja.wroclaw.pl. Retrieved 2021-03-31.

External links

• Stowarzyszenie Aglomeracja Wrocławska
• Agencja Rozwoju Aglomeracji Wrocławskiej (ARAW)

• Geography of Lower Silesian Voivodeship
• Geography of Wrocław
• Metropolitan areas of Poland