Karlovy Vary agglomeration

The Karlovy Vary agglomeration is the agglomeration of the city of Karlovy Vary and its surroundings in 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 also includes the towns of Sokolov and Ostrov and has a population of about 138,000.

Definition

The Karlovy Vary agglomeration was defined in 2020 by the Ministry of Regional Development of the Czech Republic for the purposes of the so-called Integrated Territorial Investment, which is a 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.

The agglomeration includes 33 municipalities.