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Essen

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Essen is located in Germany
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Essen
Location o Essen athin North Rhine-Westphalie
Coordinates: 51°27′3″N 7°0′47″E / 51.45083°N 7.01306°E / 51.45083; 7.01306Coordinates: 51°27′3″N 7°0′47″E / 51.45083°N 7.01306°E / 51.45083; 7.01306
KintraGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalie
Admin. regionDüsseldorf
DestrictUrban destrict
Subdivisions9 destricts, 50 burghs
Govrenment
 • Laird MayorReinhard Paß (SPD)
 • Governing partiesSPD / CDU
Area
 • City210.32 km2 (81.21 sq mi)
Elevation
116 m (381 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[1]
 • City579,432
 • Density2,800/km2 (7,100/sq mi)
 • Urban
5.302.179
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
45001–45359
Diallin codes0201, 02054 (Kettwig)
Vehicle registrationE
Websitewww.essen.de

Essen (German pronunciation: [ˈɛsən]) is a ceety in the central pairt o the Ruhr aurie in North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany. Locatit on the River Ruhr, its population o approximately 579,000 (as o Juin 30, 2008) makes it the 9t-lairgest ceety in Germany. For the year 2010, Essen wis the European Caipital o Cultur on behauf o the whole Ruhr aurie.

Umwhile ane o Germany's maist important coal an steel centres an historically linked tae the centuries-auld Krupp family iron works, the ceety haes developed a strang tertiary sector o industry an (sometimes thegither wi nearbi Düsseldorf) claims tae be the "desk o the Ruhr aurie".[3] It is hame tae 13 o the 100 lairgest German corporations an seat tae several o the region's authorities.

In 1958, the ceety wis chosen tae serve as the seat tae a Roman Catholic diocese (aften referred tae as Ruhrbistum or diocese o the Ruhr). In early 2003, the universities o Essen an the nearbi ceety o Duisburg (baith established in 1972) wur merged intae the University o Duisburg-Essen wi campuses in baith ceeties an a university hospital in Essen.

Internaitional relations

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Twin touns – sister ceeties

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Essen is twinned wi:[4]

The Ceety o Monessen, PA, situatit alang the Monongahela River, wis named efter the river an Essen.[6]

References

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  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 Juin 2022.
  2. Population Archived 2010-01-21 at the Wayback Machine in the Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf
  3. http://www.essen.de/Dokumente/Download%20Bau-%20und%20Immobilienwirtschaft%20deutsch_2006.pdf("Schreibtisch des Ruhrgebiets") Archived 2007-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  4. a b c d e f "List of Twin Towns in the Ruhr District" (PDF). Twins2010.com. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 28 November 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2009. freemit airtin in |publisher= (help)
  5. Jérôme Steffenino, Marguerite Masson. "Ville de Grenoble – Coopérations et villes jumelles". Grenoble.fr. Archived frae the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 2 Februar 2010. Retrieved 25 Februar 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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