Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region Metropolregion Berlin-Brandenburg
Urban area
From top, left to right: Skyline of Berlin, the largest city in the metropolitan area,Potsdam, the capital ofBrandenburg,Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament, seat ofDeutsche Bahn, the largest railway company in the world andGigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg
Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region
Country	Germany
States	Berlin  Brandenburg
Largest cities	Berlin Potsdam Cottbus
Airports	Berlin Brandenburg Airport
Area
• Metro	30,370 km2 (11,730 sq mi)
Population  (2024[1])
• Metro	6,216,845
• Metro density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
GDP [2]
• Metro	€290.696 billion (2023)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Website	Official website

TheBerlin/Brandenburg metropolitan region (German:Metropolregion Berlin-Brandenburg) orcapital region (German:Hauptstadtregion Berlin-Brandenburg) is one of elevenmetropolitan regions ofGermany, consisting of the entire territories of thestate ofBerlin and the surrounding state ofBrandenburg. The region covers an area of 30,545 square kilometres (11,793 sq mi) with a total population of about 6.2 million.^[3][4]

The metropolitan region should be distinguished from Berlin's immediateagglomeration, dubbedBerliner Umland (English:Berlin's surrounding countryside or Berlin's countryside) which comprises the city and the nearby Brandenburg municipalities.Berliner Umland is significantly smaller and much more densely populated than the metropolitan region, accounting for the vast majority of the region's population over a fraction of its total land area.

In 2023, Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region had GDP of around €291 billion or 7% of total German GDP.

State	GDP (billion€)[2]
Berlin	193.219
Brandenburg	97.477
Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region	290.696

Within the metropolitan region, there is a much smaller and much more densely populated area calledBerliner Umland (English:Berlin's surrounding countryside or Berlin's countryside), which comprises the city of Berlin and the immediate Brandenburg municipalities surrounding it. With over 4.46 million people living in its 3,743 km2 area, Berliner Umland accounts for the vast majority (approximately 74%) of the population of the entire metropolitan region over approximately 12% of the entire area.^[5] The region contains fiveindependent cities – of which the Brandenburg capitalPotsdam is the only one with a population greater than 100,000 – and 14districts (Landkreise). The inhabitants of Berlin and Potsdam account for more than 80 percent of the region's total population. The Brandenburg area is characterized bysuburban settlements on the Berlin city limits and small towns in therural outer area.

Beside Berlin and Potsdam, Berliner Umland comprises the following 67 municipalities:^[6] These other communes are listed below, subdivided per district. The municipalities marked with^(c) have city status:

• Barnim:Ahrensfelde,Bernau^(c),Panketal,Rüdnitz,Wandlitz,Werneuchen^(c).
• Dahme-Spreewald:Bestensee,Eichwalde,Heidesee,Königs Wusterhausen^(c),Mittenwalde^(c),Schönefeld,Schulzendorf,Wildau,Zeuthen.
• Havelland:Brieselang,Dallgow-Döberitz,Falkensee^(c),Ketzin^(c),Nauen^(c),Paulinenaue,Pessin,Retzow,Schönwalde-Glien,Wustermark.
• Märkisch-Oderland:Altlandsberg^(c),Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf,Hoppegarten,Neuenhagen,Petershagen-Eggersdorf,Rüdersdorf,Strausberg^(c).
• Oberhavel:Birkenwerder,Glienicke/Nordbahn,Hennigsdorf^(c),Hohen Neuendorf^(c),Kremmen^(c),Leegebruch,Mühlenbecker Land,Oranienburg^(c),Velten.
• Oder-Spree:Erkner^(c),Fürstenwalde^(c),Gosen-Neu Zittau,Grünheide,Langewahl,Rauen,Schöneiche,Spreenhagen,Woltersdorf
• Potsdam-Mittelmark:Beelitz^(c),Borkheide,Groß Kreutz,Kleinmachnow,Michendorf,Nuthetal,Schwielowsee,Seddiner See,Stahnsdorf,Teltow^(c),Werder^(c).
• Teltow-Fläming:Blankenfelde-Mahlow,Großbeeren,Ludwigsfelde^(c),Rangsdorf,Trebbin^(c),Zossen^(c).

The metropolitan region counts three levels of centralities (Zentralörtliche Gliederung): Themetropolis (Metropole) of Berlin, the four upper level regional centres (Oberzentren) of Potsdam,Cottbus,Brandenburg an der Havel andFrankfurt (Oder), as well as 42 secondary centres (Mittelzentren) allocated to 50 towns.

The Berlin agglomeration comprises the metropolis Berlin, the regional centre of Potsdam and 17 secondary centres:

• Bernau
• Strausberg
• Fürstenwalde
• Königs Wusterhausen
• Ludwigsfelde
• Nauen
• Oranienburg
• Erkner
• Neuenhagen
• Zossen
• Teltow
• Falkensee
• Hennigsdorf
• Wildau andSchönefeld
• Werder andBeelitz

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  Berlin is the capital of Germany, its biggest city and themost populous city proper in theEuropean Union
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  City centre ofPotsdam, capital of Brandenburg

The following list contains the most populated towns and municipalities in the Berliner Umland:

1. Berlin (3,517,424)
2. Potsdam (161,468)
3. Oranienburg (41,966)
4. Falkensee (40,900)
5. Bernau (36,624)
6. Königs Wusterhausen (34,083)
7. Fürstenwalde (32,456)
8. Strausberg (26,156)
9. Hennigsdorf (25,988)
10. Blankenfelde-Mahlow (25,934)
11. Hohen Neuendorf (24,551)
12. Ludwigsfelde (24,150)
13. Werder (23,211)
14. Teltow (23,069)
15. Wandlitz (21,801)
16. Kleinmachnow (20,181)
17. Panketal (19,291)
18. Zossen (17,717)
19. Neuenhagen (16,972)
20. Hoppegarten (16,808)
21. Nauen (16,804)
22. Rüdersdorf (15,317)

• Metropolitan regions in Germany

• (in German)Metropolregion Berlin/Brandenburg (official site)

• Havelland (district)
• Geography of Berlin
• Geography of Brandenburg
• Metropolitan areas of Germany

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