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Cologne: Facts & figures

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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

The City of Cologne by numbers

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

405,15 km²
1.007.119 (31.12.2010)
2486 Inh./km²
German + Kölsch
37,5 - 118,4 m.
50441-51149
+49 - (0)221.

Jürgen Roters (SPD)
CDU 25 - SPD 25 - Die Grünen 20 - FDP 9 - Bürgerb. p. Köln 5
Linke 4 - Kölner Bür. B. 1+1 / Total 90 (2009)

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

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The Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia by numbers

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

Cologne (1'007'119 h.) - Dortmund (586'909)
Essen (582'140) - Düsseldorf (581'122)
Duisburg (496'665) - Bochum (381'542)

34 085 km²
17'837'00 (30.06.2011)
523 hab/km²
German - Low German
27 800 €
7,7 % (10.2011)
+49 (Germany)

Hannelore KRAFT (SPD)
Coalition CDU/FDP
SPD 67 - CDU 67 - FDP 13 - B'90/Grüne 23 - Die Linke 11
/ Total 181 (2010))

www.nrw.de

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The Federal Republic of Germany by numbers

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FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Berlin
Christian WULFF (CDU) since June 30, 2010
Angela MERKEL (CDU) since November 22, 2005
Coalition CDU-CSU/FDP

Federal Parliamentary republic / Bundestag: CDU/CSU 239 - SPD 146 - FDP 93 - Die Linke 76 - Die Grünen 68 = 622

16 States >
North Rhine-Westphalia (17.837 inh. / 4.Rank for largest St.)
Bavaria (12.520 / 1.)
Baden-Württemberg (10.749 / 3.)
Lower Saxony (7.971 / 2.)
Hesse (6.072 / 7.)
Saxony (4.220 / 10.)
Rhineland-Palatinate (4.045 / 9.)
Berlin (3.416 / 14.)
Schleswig-Holstein (2.837 / 12.)
Brandenburg (2.535 / 5.)
Saxony-Anhalt (2.412 / 8.)
Thuringia (2.289 / 11.)
Hamburg (1.770 / 15.)
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1.679 / 6.)
Saarland (1.036 / 13.)
Bremen (663 / 16.)

Berlin (3, 42 inh.) - Hamburg (1,77) - Munich (1,3)

357 111 km²
81 729 000 habitants (04.2011)
230 Hab./km²
German - (Danish, Low German, Sorbian, Romany & Frisian)
Euro € since january 01 2002
44 660 US$
6,5 % (10.2011)
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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Traveling in Germany: Useful information

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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)

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