Zlín agglomeration

The Zlín agglomeration is the agglomeration of the city of Zlín 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 has a population of about 130,000 and also includes the town of Otrokovice.

Definition

The Zlín 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 11 municipalities with about 107,000 inhabitants and had an area of.
The current Zlín 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.

The agglomeration includes 36 municipalities.