The Greater Brighton City Region is an area in the south of England centred on Brighton, incorporating seven local government districts in East Sussex and West Sussex. The Greater Brighton Economic Board was created in April 2014 to oversee a 6-year programme of development and investment within the area,^[1] which as of as of 2021 has about one million people.

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Greater Brighton City Region
The constituent districts of the city region within South East England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Historic county	Sussex
Ceremonial county	East Sussex West Sussex
Established	2014
Principal areas	List Adur Arun Brighton and Hove Crawley Lewes Mid Sussex Worthing
Area
• Total	1,054 km2 (407 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	932,500
• Density	880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)

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The City Region was initially formed from five local authorities (Brighton and Hove, Mid Sussex, Worthing, Lewes and the Adur district), together with the South Downs National Park, the University of Sussex, the University of Brighton and the Greater Brighton Metropolitan College. The City Region was subsequently extended to include Crawley and Gatwick Airport on 6 February 2018 and Arun in 2019.^[2][3] The Chair of the Board is elected from amongst the local authority representatives on an annual basis, the current Chair of the Board is Cllr Phélim Mac Cafferty.

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In 2019 the city region was seen to support over 500,000 jobs and had a net worth of £23 billion.^[3] Creative industries worth more than £1.5 billion in the city region, with Brighton and Hove and Crawley boroughs being particular key areas.^[5] In its first six years of running the Economic Board was reported to have attracted £160 million of investment to the city region.^[6]