▁inhabitants ▁live ▁in ▁ ▁that ▁area ▁( 3 , 7 0 0   km ²). ▁In ▁fact , ▁with ▁ 7 0 8 ▁people ▁per ▁square ▁kilomet re , ▁the ▁Stuttgart ▁Region ▁() ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁dens ely ▁populated ▁areas ▁in ▁Germany . ▁Stuttgart ▁Region ▁is ▁govern ed ▁by ▁a ▁directly ▁elected ▁parliament . ▁ ▁Situ ated ▁at ▁the ▁heart ▁of ▁Baden - W ür ttemberg , ▁the ▁Stuttgart ▁Region ▁is ▁the ▁hub ▁of ▁economic , ▁scientific , ▁and ▁political ▁life ▁in ▁South west ▁Germany . ▁The ▁area ▁currently ▁has ▁Germany ' s ▁highest ▁density ▁of ▁scientific , ▁academic ▁and ▁research ▁organis ations , ▁and ▁to ps ▁the ▁national ▁league ▁for ▁pat ent ▁applications . ▁ ▁Geography ▁ ▁From ▁north west ▁to ▁sout heast ▁the ▁region ▁is ▁ 9 0 ▁kilom eters ▁long ▁and ▁from ▁south west ▁to ▁n ortheast ▁ 8 0 ▁kilom eters . ▁The ▁size ▁of ▁the ▁area ▁is ▁ 3 . 6 5 4   km ². ▁According ▁to ▁calculations ▁made ▁by ▁the ▁land ▁surve ying ▁office , ▁the ▁ge ographical ▁center ▁is ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁south ▁of ▁the ▁district ▁R ems - M urr ▁a ▁few ▁hundred ▁meters ▁east ▁from ▁the ▁village ▁We inst adt - Str ü mp fel bach ▁in ▁a ▁v ine yard . ▁An ▁err atic ▁placed ▁after ▁the ▁v ine ▁field ▁reform ▁- ▁the ▁so - called ▁Vog el stein ▁- ▁l ays ▁by ▁accident ▁almost ▁exactly ▁in ▁that ▁center . ▁ ▁The ▁Ne ck ar ▁flows ▁through ▁the ▁region ▁for