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Cologne: Facts & figures

This page offers tourist information about the city of Cologne, telling you all you need to know for a stay in this town and in Germany.

The City of Cologne by numbers
 -  Federal State North Rhine-Westphalia by numbers
The Federal Republic of Germany by numbers - Traveling in Germany: Useful infos


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The City of Cologne by numbers

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COLOGNE (Köln)
Federal Republic of Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia

405,15 km²
1.046.680 (31.12.2014)
2528 Inh./km²
German + Kölsch
37,5 - 118,4 m.
50441-51149
+49 - (0)221.

Henriette REKER (Parteilos)
CDU 25 - SPD 26 - Die Grünen 18 - FDP 5 - AFD 3
Linke 6 - andere 7 / Gesamt 90 (2015)

www.stadt-koeln.de
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www.koeln.de
www.koelntourismus.de

 
     
 
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GERMANY (Federal Republic of Germany)
North Rhine-Westphalia
DÜSSELDORF

Cologne (1.046.680 h.) - Dortmund (586'909)
Essen (582'140) - Düsseldorf (581'122)
Duisburg (496'665) - Bochum (381'542)

34 085 km²
17'683'000 (30.06.2015)
523 hab/km²
German - Low German
27 800 €
8,1 % (02.2016)
+49 (Germany)

Hannelore KRAFT (SPD)
Coalition SPD/GRüNE
SPD 99 - CDU 68 - FDP 22 - Grüne 29 - Piraten 19
/ Total 237 (2012)

www.nrw.de

 
     
 
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FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
Bundesrepublik Deutschland


Berlin
Joachim Gauck (CDU) since 18 March, 2012
Angela MERKEL (CDU) since November 22, 2005
Coalition CDU-CSU/SPD

Federal Parliamentary republic / Bundestag: CDU/CSU 310 - SPD 193 - Die Linke 64 - Die Grünen 63 = 630 (2013)

16 States >
North Rhine-Westphalia
(17.638 inh. / 4.Rank for largest St.)
Bavaria (12.691 / 1.)
Baden-Württemberg (10.716 / 3.)
Lower Saxony (7.826 / 2.)
Hesse (6.093 / 7.)
Saxony (4.055 / 10.)
Rhineland-Palatinate (4.011 / 9.)
Berlin (3.484 / 14.)
Schleswig-Holstein (2.830 / 12.)
Brandenburg (2.457 / 5.)
Saxony-Anhalt (2.235 / 8.)
Thuringia (2.156 / 11.)
Hamburg (1.734 / 15.)
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1.599 / 6.)
Saarland (989 / 13.)
Bremen (663 / 16.)

Berlin (3,48 inh.) - Hamburg (1,73) - Munich (1,43)

357 375 km²
81 900 000 habitants (12.2015)
230 Hab./km²
German - (Danish, Low German, Sorbian, Romany & Frisian)
Euro € since january 01 2002
46.268 USD
6,0 % (10.2015)
CET (UTC+1) / Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

18 January 1871 - Deutsches Reich/ German Empire
23 May 1949 - BRD/ Federal Republic
7 October 1949 - DDR/ German Democratic Republic
3 October 1990 - Reunification

Octobre 3 - Tag der Deutschen Einheit / "The Day of German Unity" since 1990 (Before reunification: Juni 17)

 
 



 
 
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Bonn (20 minutes) - Düsseldorf (25 min.)
Essen (50 min.) - Dortmund (80 min.)
Frankfurt am Main (80 min.)
Köln Bonn Airport (15 min.) - Frankfurt am Main (70-80 min.)
Köln Hauptbahnhof
From Frankfurt: A3 / From Hambourg: A1
From Basel: A5, A3 / From Munich: A8, A5, A3

Die Bahn (DB)
www.kvb-koeln.de
+49/ (0)221. 28 82 (web)


Pariser Platz , 10117 Berlin, (030) 8 30 50 - Web
Wilhelmstraße 70, 10117 Berlin, ( 030) 20 45 70 - Web
Leipziger Platz 17, (030) 203 120 - Web
Website (Federal Foreign Office of Germany)


112
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19 292
(0228) 19 240
01805 98 67 00
11837 (in English)

 
     
 
Folowing: Geographical maps and satellite views of Cologne

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