Dortmund

Dortmund
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Dortmund
Location o Dortmund athin North Rhine-Westphalie
Coordinates: 51°31′N 7°28′E / 51.517°N 7.467°E / 51.517; 7.467Coordinates: 51°31′N 7°28′E / 51.517°N 7.467°E / 51.517; 7.467
Kintra	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalie
Admin. region	Arnsberg
Destrict	urban district
Govrenment
• Laird Mayor	Ullrich Sierau (SPD)
Area
• Total	280.4 km2 (108.3 sq mi)
Elevation	152 m (499 ft)
Population  (2021-12-31)[1]
• Total	586,852
• Density	2,100/km2 (5,400/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	44001-44388
Diallin codes	0231, 02304
Vehicle registration	DO
Website	www.dortmund.de

Dortmund (Laich German: Düörpm; [ˈdɔːdmʊnt] ( listen); Latin: Tremonia) is a ceety in Germany. It is locatit in the Bundesland o North Rhine-Westphalie. Its population o 580,444 (in December 2010) maks it the 8t lairgest ceety in Germany. It is a pairt o the Ruhr aurie, an urban aurie wi some 5.2 million (2009) indwallers whilk is the lairgest urban agglomeration in Germany. It is a pairt o the lairger Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region o mair nor 12 million fowk an aw.

The river Ruhr flows sooth o the ceety, an the sma river Emscher rins throuch the municipal aurie. The Dortmund-Ems Canal terminates in the Dortmund Port an aw, whilk is the lairgest European canal port, an links Dortmund tae the North Sea.

Dortmund is kent as Westphalie's "green metropolis". Near hauf the municipal territory consists o watterweys, firthland, agricultur an green spaces wi spacious pairks lik Westfalenpark an the Rombergpark. This contrasts wi near a hunner year o extensive coal minin an steel millin athin the ceety leemits.

1. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 Juin 2022.