Hanover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region
Hanover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg
Metropolitan Region Metropolregion Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg | |
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Location Hanover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region in Germany | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony
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| Largest Cities | Hanover Braunschweig Göttingen Hildesheim Wolfsburg Salzgitter |
| Government | |
| • Type | GmbH |
| • Chief executive | Stephan Weil (SPD), Mayor of Hanover |
| Area | |
| • Metro | 18,600 km2 (7,200 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Metro | 3,845,271 |
| • Metro density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | €169.198 billion (2021) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Website | http://www.metropolregion-hbg.de/ |
The Hanover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region (German: Metropolregion Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg) is an economic and cultural region in the Lower Saxony state of Northern Germany. The metropolitan region comprises approximately one third of the area of Lower Saxony, with almost half the inhabitants of the state. It has about 3.9 million people in 20 districts and counties with a total of 431 municipalities and is defined by the German Ministerkonferenz für Raumordnung (MKRO) as a medium urban area in Germany.