Warsaw metropolitan area
Aglomeracja warszawska or Miejski Obszar Funkcjonalny Warszawy | |
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Urban area | |
Coordinates: 52°14′35″N 21°0′2″E / 52.24306°N 21.00056°E | |
Country | Poland |
Region | Masovian Voivodeship |
Largest city | Warsaw (1,860,281) |
Area | |
• Metro | 6,100 km2 (2,355 sq mi) |
Population (2023)[1] | |
• Metro | 3,269,510 |
• Metro density | 500.5/km2 (1,296.4/sq mi) |
GDP | |
• Metro | €114.436 billion |
• Per capita | €35,000 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | omw |
The Warsaw metropolitan area (known in Polish as: aglomeracja warszawska or Miejski Obszar Funkcjonalny Warszawy) is the metropolitan area of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. The metropolitan area covers ten counties in the Masovian Voivodeship, with an area of 6,100 km2 (2,400 sq mi)[4][5] and a population of around 3.5 million in 2022.[6] The area constitutes a separate NUTS 2 unit, as well as a separate police region with a dedicated Capital Metropolitan Police Headquarters, both of them carved out from the Masovian Voivodeship as an exception, as Polish NUTS 2 areas and police regions are in general identical to the territories of voivodeships.
The largest cities or towns within the metropolitan area are Warsaw, Pruszków, Legionowo, Otwock, Mińsk Mazowiecki, Piaseczno and Wołomin.
Public transport in the metropolitan area is served by the Warsaw Public Transport Authority (Zarząd Transportu Miejskiego).
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