Szczecin metropolitan area

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Szczecin metropolitan area

|native_name = Aglomeracja szczecińska

|settlement_type = Urban area

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|photo1a = Szczecin - panoramio (3).jpg{{!}}Skyline of Szczecin

|photo2a = Ratusz Miejski w Stargardzie - Nr rejestru zabytku A-1475+A1469.jpg{{!}}Renaissance City Hall and Market Square in Stargard

|photo2b = Port Szczecin rejon przeladunkow drobnicowych.jpg{{!}}Port of Szczecin

|photo3a = Świnoujście, Polska ,wiatrak na falochronie zachodnim - panoramio (5).jpg{{!}}Stawa Młyny in Świnoujście

|photo3b = Mury miejskie - panoramio - 7alaskan.jpg{{!}}Medieval town walls in Gartz

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|image_caption = {{hlist|From top, left to right: Skyline of Szczecin|City Hall and Market Square in Stargard|Port of Szczecin|Stawa Młyny in Świnoujście|Medieval town walls in Gartz}}

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|map_caption = Map of the Szczecin agglomeration (range of the agglomeration according to Swianiewicz) within Poland

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Poland}}

|subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

|subdivision_name1 = West Pomeranian

|subdivision_type2 = Largest city

|subdivision_name2 = Szczecin

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|population_metro = 750000

|area_metro_km2 = 2795

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|population_density_metro_km2 = auto

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| demographics_type1 = GDP

| demographics1_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/met_10r_3gdp/default/table?lang=en|title=Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions|website=ec.europa.eu}}{{cite web | url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/nama_10r_3gdp/default/table | title=Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by NUTS 3 regions|website=ec.europa.eu}}

| demographics1_title1 = Metro

| demographics1_info1 = €12.101 billion (2020)

|timezone = CET

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|timezone_DST = CEST

|utc_offset_DST = +2

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|blank_name_sec1 = Primary airport

|blank_info_sec1 = Solidarity Szczecin–Goleniów Airport

|blank1_name_sec2 = Highways

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The Szczecin metropolitan area is the urban agglomeration of the city of Szczecin and surrounding towns{{Cite web |title=MDRL.ro - stiri, vedete, economie, cultura, sanatate, politica |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304074139/http://www.mdrl.ro/espon_cd2/Project_Reports/Preparatory_studies_and_scientific_support_projects/1.4.3_final_report.pdf}} in the Polish-German border area.

The Larger Urban Zone defined by Eurostat includes 777,806 people living on 5249 km² in the area (2012).[http://www.urbanaudit.org/DataAccessed.aspx Urban Audit database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406130058/http://www.urbanaudit.org/DataAccessed.aspx |date=2011-04-06 }} It includes the cities and towns of Stargard, Świnoujście, Police, Schwedt, Goleniów, Gryfino, Prenzlau, Pasewalk, Ueckermünde, Eggesin, Gartz, Stepnica, Penkun, Brüssow and Nowe Warpno.

There are a group of villages situated between Szczecin and towns of the agglomeration. The villages of Mierzyn, Löcknitz, Przecław, Dobra, Trzebież and Kobylanka are parts of the urban system.

It is the second largest metropolitan area in Pomerania after the Tricity metropolitan area.

Since 2012, the agglomeration is actively developed as the core of a wider European metropolitan area, likely including the German districts of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Vorpommern-Greifswald, Uckermark and the West Pomeranian districts neighbouring Szczecin in Poland.[http://www.kooperation-ohne-grenzen.de/de/startseite/wettbewerb-20112012/gewinnerprojekte/metropolregion-szczecin.html Cooperation without borders, info PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043150/http://www.kooperation-ohne-grenzen.de/de/startseite/wettbewerb-20112012/gewinnerprojekte/metropolregion-szczecin.html |date=2016-03-04 }} (DE/PL)

The German part of the Szczecin metropolitan area contains municipalities with some of the highest percentages of Polish residents in Germany, such as Gartz, Löcknitz and Mescherin.