Essen

Also known as Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia

stad i Nordrhein-Westfalen, Tyskland

AI overview

Essen is the second-largest city in the Ruhr region of Germany and the fourth-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population that makes it the tenth-largest city in Germany overall. Located in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area—the second-largest by GDP in the EU—Essen is often considered the cultural and economic heart of the Ruhr industrial region.

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Key facts

German place.type: City
German place.image_flag: Flagge Essen.svg
German place.image_coa: DEU Essen COA.svg
German place.coordinates: <!--
German place.image_plan: North rhine w E.svg Use mapframe instead -->
German place.state: North Rhine-Westphalia
German place.region: Düsseldorf
German place.district: urban
German place.elevation: 116
German place.area: 210.34 <!--
German place.population_as_of: All filled in by Template:Infobox German location via Template:Metadata Population DE-NW -->
German place.postal_code: 45001–45359

Article · Svenska

Essen är en kreisfri stad i Tyskland, belägen vid floden Ruhr, omkring 10 kilometer öster om floden Rhen. Den är med cirka 580 000 invånare den näst största staden i Ruhrområdet och den fjärde största i Nordrhein-Westfalen. Staden var Europeisk kulturhuvudstad 2010 tillsammans med städerna Pécs och Istanbul.

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