{{see also|Vienna-Bratislava metropolitan region}} {{Short description|Multinational region in Central Europe}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Centrope |native_name = | settlement_type = Metropolitan region |image_map = Centrope_Map.svg |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Centrope consists of regions that lie on either side of the northern and eastern borders of Austria |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Austria}}<br/>{{flag|Slovakia}}<br/>{{flag|Czech Republic}}<br/> {{flag|Hungary}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_type2 = Largest Cities |subdivision_name2 = Vienna (1,931,593)<br/>Bratislava (475,503)<br/>Brno (401,000) |population_metro = 7100000 |area_metro_km2 = 44500 |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_footnotes = |population_density_metro_km2 = auto |population_density_metro_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = CET |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |latd= |latm= |lats= |latNS= |longd= |longm= |longs= |longEW= }}
'''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.<ref>{{cite web |title=CENTROPE - Grenzüberschreitender Lebens- und Wirtschaftsraum in Zentraleuropa |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/stadtentwicklung/projekte/international/centrope/index.html |website=Stadt Wien |accessdate=2 August 2019 |archive-date=2 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802125710/https://www.wien.gv.at/stadtentwicklung/projekte/international/centrope/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 2023 Centrope had a GDP of around €310 billion.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tgs00003/default/table?lang=en | title=EU regions by GDP, Eurostat}}</ref>
==See also== *Economy of Europe
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==External links== *[https://centrope.com/ Centrope Web] *[http://www.mycentrope.com/de/home mycentrope.com] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011231601/http://www.cepit.info/en/links/ CEPIT] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927183038/http://okto.tv/vitaminc/ Telecast]
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