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The metropolitan regions of Germany. There are eleven metropolitan regions in Germany [1] consisting of the country's most densely populated cities and their catchment areas. They represent Germany's political, commercial and cultural centres. The eleven metropolitan regions in Germany were organised into political units for planning purposes.
The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region (German: Metropolregion Rhein-Ruhr) is the largest metropolitan region in Germany, with over ten million inhabitants. [2] A polycentric conurbation with several major urban concentrations, the region covers an area of 7,110 square kilometres (2,750 sq mi), entirely within the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
General map of Germany Population density in 2022. As defined by the German Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development, a Großstadt (large city) is a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants. [1] As of today, 80 cities in Germany fulfill this criterion and are listed here.
[a] With a population density of 1,160/km 2 and a population of over 5 million (2017), [3] it is the largest urban area in Germany and the third of the European Union. It consists of several large cities bordered by the rivers Ruhr to the south, Rhine to the west, and Lippe to the north. In the southwest it borders the Bergisches Land.
List includes metropolitan areas according only to the studies of ESPON, Eurostat, and OECD.For this reason some metropolitan areas, like the Italian Genoa Metropolitan Area (with a population of 1,510,781 as of 2010 [1]) or the Ukrainian Kryvyi Rih metropolitan area (with a population of 1,170,953 as of 2019 [2]), are not included in this list, with data by other statistic survey institutes.
Logo of the city of Essen. Essen (German pronunciation: ⓘ) is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany.Its population of 586,608 makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as the tenth-largest city of Germany.
General map of Germany. This is a complete list of the 2,056 cities and towns in Germany (as of 1 January 2024). [1] [2] There is no distinction between town and city in Germany; a Stadt is an independent municipality (see Municipalities of Germany) that has been given the right to use that title.
Largest urban agglomerations in Germany. Federal Statistical Office of Germany (31 December 2022) Rank Name State Pop. Rank Name State Pop. Rhine-Ruhr Berlin: 1: