Ústí nad Labem-Chomutov agglomeration
The Ústí nad Labem-Chomutov agglomeration is the agglomeration of the cities of Ústí nad Labem, Most, Teplice, Děčín and Chomutov and their surroundings in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It was defined in 2020 as a tool for drawing money from the European Structural and Investment Funds and is valid in 2021–2027. The agglomeration has a population of about 553,000.
Definition
The Ústí nad Labem-Chomutov agglomeration was first defined in 2014 by the Ministry of Regional Development of the Czech Republic for the purposes of the Integrated Land Development Plans, which was a tool for drawing money from the European Structural and Investment Funds. The agglomeration comprised 75 municipalities with about 522,000 inhabitants and had an area of.The current Ústí nad Labem-Chomutov agglomeration was defined in 2020 by the Ministry of Regional Development for the purposes of the so-called Integrated Territorial Investment, which is a newer tool for drawing money from the European Structural and Investment Funds.
The territory was defined on the basis of a coefficient composed of three methods: integrated system of centres, time spent in core cities and residential suburbanization zones. The scope of the territory is valid for the period 2021–2027.