Back Essen, Duitsland Afrikaans Essen ALS ኧስን Amharic Essen AN إسن (ألمانيا) Arabic ايسسين ARZ Essen AST Essen AVK Essen Azerbaijani اسن AZB
Essen | |
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 Villa Hügel near the river Ruhr | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Essen  | |
  Essen  Essen | |
| Coordinates: 51°27′3″N 7°0′47″E / 51.45083°N 7.01306°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Düsseldorf |
| District | Urban district |
| Subdivisions | 9 districts, 50 boroughs |
| Government | |
| • Lord mayor | Reinhard Paß (SPD) |
| • Governing parties | SPD / Greens |
| Area | |
| • City | 210.32 km2 (81.21 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 116 m (381 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[1] | |
| • City | 586,608 |
| • Density | 2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 5.302.179 |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 45001-45359 |
| Dialling codes | 0201, 02054 (Kettwig) |
| Vehicle registration | E |
| Website | www |
Essen (German pronunciation: [ˈɛsn̩] (
listen); Low Franconian and Ripuarian: Esse, (Latin: Assindia) is a German city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Ruhr River and it is near Cologne, Duisburg and Bochum. Essen has 585,000 inhabitants. Together with Dortmund, Essen is the biggest city of the Ruhr area with its 5,000,000 inhabitants. Essen is often called the shopping city (Einkaufsstadt) because there are so many malls and shops in it.
- ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ↑ "Es ist ein Fehler aufgetreten" (PDF). www.essen.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-03-07. Retrieved 2019-02-11.