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The aim of this article is to determine the formula and role of the lease in Szczecin Metropolitan Area municipalities. The municipalities directly bordering with Szczecin (included in the Szczecin Metropolitan Area): rural – urban municipality Goleniów, rural - urban municipality Police and rural border municipality Dobra Szczecinska were all under a deatiled study. The analysis was made for the years 2007-2010, specifying the direction in which the municipal authorities put the lease, the extent of the land on lease and the purpose. As a part of the aim of the article a data analysis and statistical research were both carried out.