ارلانگن

Also known as Medical Valley

Erlangen (; , ) is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt (former administrative district Erlangen), and with 120,646 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2025), it is the smallest of the eight major cities () in Bavaria. The number of inhabitants exceeded the threshold of 100,000 in 1974, making Erlangen a major city according to the statistical definition officially used in Germany.

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Erlangen is a city in Bavaria, Germany, with a population of about 120,646 people, making it the smallest of Bavaria's eight major cities. It serves as the administrative center for the Erlangen-Höchstadt district and became officially classified as a major city in 1974 when its population crossed 100,000.

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German location.type: City
German location.image_photo: Erlangen 08-2012.jpg
German location.image_caption: August 2012 view over Erlangen
German location.image_flag: Flagge Erlangen.svg
German location.image_coa: DEU Erlangen COA.svg
German location.state: Bavaria
German location.region: Middle Franconia
German location.district: urban
German location.elevation: 279
German location.area: 76.96 <!--
German location.population: 119810 dynamically filled by "Gemeindeschlüssel"
German location.Stand: 2023-12-31 -->
German location.licence: ER
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 09 5 62 000
German location.divisions: 9 city districts
German location.website: www.erlangen.de
German location.mayor: Florian Janik
German location.Bürgermeistertitel: Oberbürgermeister