Stuttgart Region
Stuttgart Region (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) is a metropolitan aurie in Germany an consists o the ceety o Stuttgart an the surroondin districts o Ludwigsburg, Esslingen, Böblingen, Rems-Murr-Kreis an Göppingen (each 10–20 km frae Stuttgart ceety centre). Aboot 2.7 million indwallers live in that aurie (3,700 km²). In fact, wi 708 fowk per square kilometre, the Stuttgart Region is ane o the maist densely populatit auries in Germany. Stuttgart Region is govrened bi a directly electit parliament.
Situatit at the hert o Baden-Württemberg an Europe, the Stuttgart Region is the hub o economic, scienteefic, an poleetical life in Soothwast Germany. The aurie currently haes Germany's heichest density o scienteefic, academic an research organisations, an tops the naitional league for patent applications. The Gross Domestic Product for Stuttgart Region wis recordit at aboot €35,000 per caipita an aboot €64,000 per employed person. The unemployment rate is anly 4.8 per cent. Stuttgart Region is ane o Europe's maist important an maist successfu economic centres. This is due nae anly tae the influence o leadin internaitional companies, sic as Daimler, Porsche, Robert Bosch, Celesio, Hewlett-Packard an IBM (aw o whom hae thair warld or German headquarters here), but an aa tae the influence o warld-renowned medium-sized enterprises sic as Behr, Dürr, Kärcher, Märklin, Stihl, Festo, TTS Tooltechnic Systems, GEZE an Trumpf. In tot, approximately 150,000 companies are locatit in the Stuttgart Region. 24 per cent o employees in the Stuttgart Region work in the heich-tech sector – a European record.
Admeenistrative Destrict o Stuttgart[eedit | eedit soorce]
Stuttgart Region shouldna be confused wi the Admeenistrative Destrict o Stuttgart.
The German state o Baden-Württemberg is sub-dividit intae fower districts:
- Administrative Destrict o Stuttgart
- Admeenistrative Destrict o Tübingen
- Admeenistrative Destrict o Karlsruhe
- Admeenistrative Destrict o Freiburg
Stuttgart Region is pairt o the "Admeenistrative Destrict o Stuttgart" (Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart, 4 million indwallers, 11,000 km²).
Stuttgart Metropolitan Aurie[eedit | eedit soorce]
The Stuttgart Metropolitan Aurie (pop. 5.3 million), accordin tae the definition o the European Union, is neither identical wi the "inner" Stuttgart Region nor wi the Admeenistrative Destrict o Stuttgart.
The Stuttgart Metropolitan Aurie consists i.a. o the follaein lairger ceeties (approx. 50 km frae Stuttgart Ceety Center):
- Stuttgart Region, 2.7 million indwallers
- Heilbronn, 120,000 indwallers, Admeenistrative Destrict o Stuttgart
- Schwäbisch Gmünd, 65,000 indwallers, Admeenistrative Destrict o Stuttgart
- Tübingen, 85,000 indwallers, Admeenistrative Destrict o Tübingen
- Reutlingen, 115,000 indwallers, Admeenistrative Destrict o Tübingen
- Pforzheim, 115,000 indwallers, Admeenistrative Destrict o Karlsruhe
an thair surroondin coonties.
Maps[eedit | eedit soorce]
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cairt o Baden-Württemberg
Left: Stuttgart Region - Richt: Stuttgart Admeenistrative Destrict
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