Back Rechión de Colonia AN مقاطعة كولونيا Arabic Адміністрацыйная акруга Кёльн BE Regierungsbezirk Köln CEB Vládní obvod Kolín nad Rýnem Czech Köln (regierungsbezirk) Danish Regierungsbezirk Köln German Κολωνία (διοικητική περιφέρεια) Greek Distriktaro Kolonjo EO Región de Colonia Spanish
Cologne
Regierungsbezirk Köln | |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Region seat | Cologne |
| Government | |
| • District President | Thomas Wilk (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,364.71 km2 (2,843.53 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2023)[1] | |
• Total | 4,543,189 |
| • Density | 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €215.932 billion (2022) |
| Website | bezreg-koeln.nrw.de |
Cologne is one of the five governmental districts of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located in the south-west of that state and covers the hills of the Eifel as well as the Bergisches Land.
It was created on 30 April 1815, as district of the province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, when Prussia reorganised its internal administration. In 1972 the Regierungsbezirk Aachen was incorporated.
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- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". Retrieved 18 September 2023.