The
Arnhem-Nijmegen Metropolitan Area (, or ) is a former Dutch Plusregio, public body and intermunicipal institution, founded in 1988, for the cooperation in the areas of housing, transport and economics in the
conurbation consisting of the
Dutch cities of
Nijmegen and
Arnhem, plus the bordering
municipalities of
Berg en Dal,
Beuningen,
Doesburg,
Duiven,
Heumen,
Lingewaard,
Montferland,
Mook en Middelaar,
Overbetuwe,
Renkum,
Rheden,
Rijnwaarden,
Rozendaal,
Westervoort,
Wijchen, and
Zevenaar. All but one are in the
province of
Gelderland. Its aim is regional cooperation As of 2011, 736.107 people are living in these municipalities combined (1,000 km²).