Centrope

See also: Vienna-Bratislava metropolitan region
Centrope
Metropolitan region
Centrope consists of regions that lie on either side of the northern and eastern borders of Austria
Centrope consists of regions that lie on either side of the northern and eastern borders of Austria
Country Austria
 Slovakia
 Czech Republic
 Hungary
Largest CitiesVienna (1,931,593)
Bratislava (475,503)
Area
 • Metro
44,500 km2 (17,200 sq mi)
Population
 • Metro
7,100,000
 • Metro density160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Centrope is an Interreg IIIA project to establish a multinational region in four Central European states: Slovakia, Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The population of Centrope is 7,450,270.

Centrope is a joint initiative of the Austrian federal states of Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, the Czech region of South Moravia, the Slovak regions of Bratislava and Trnava, and the Hungarian counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron and Vas.[1] On the basis of the Kittsee Declaration of 2003, they work jointly towards the creation of the Central European Region in this four-country quadrangle.

Economy

In 2021 Centrope had a GDP of around €250 billion.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "CENTROPE - Grenzüberschreitender Lebens- und Wirtschaftsraum in Zentraleuropa". Stadt Wien. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  2. ^ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat".


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