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Location o the ceety o Essen athin North Rhine-Westphalie
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| Coordinates | 51°27′3″N 7°0′47″E / 51.45083°N 7.01306°E | |
| Admeenistration | ||
| Kintra | Germany | |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalie | |
| Admin. region | Düsseldorf | |
| Destrict | Urban destrict | |
| Ceety subdivisions | 9 destricts, 50 burghs | |
| Laird Mayor | Reinhard Paß (SPD) | |
| Govrenin pairties | SPD / CDU | |
| Basic statistics | ||
| Aurie | 210.32 km2 (81.21 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 116 m (381 ft) | |
| Population | 573,468 (31 Dizember 2011)[1] | |
| - Density | 2,727 /km2 (7,062 /sq mi) | |
| - Urban | 5.302.179 | |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Licence plate | E | |
| Postal codes | 45001–45359 | |
| Aurie codes | 0201, 02054 (Kettwig) | |
| Wabsteid | www.essen.de | |
Essen (German pronunciation: [ˈɛsən]) is a ceety in the central pairt o the Ruhr aurie in North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany. Locatit on the River Ruhr, its population o approximately 579,000 (as o Juin 30, 2008) makes it the 9t-lairgest ceety in Germany. For the year 2010, Essen wis the European Caipital o Cultur on behauf o the whole Ruhr aurie.
Umwhile ane o Germany's maist important coal an steel centres an historically linked tae the centuries-auld Krupp family iron works, the ceety haes developed a strang tertiary sector o industry an (sometimes thegither wi nearbi Düsseldorf) claims tae be the "desk o the Ruhr aurie".[2][deid airtin] It is hame tae 13 o the 100 lairgest German corporations an seat tae several o the region's authorities.
In 1958, the ceety wis chosen tae serve as the seat tae a Roman Catholic diocese (aften referred tae as Ruhrbistum or diocese o the Ruhr). In early 2003, the universities o Essen an the nearbi ceety o Duisburg (baith established in 1972) wur merged intae the University o Duisburg-Essen wi campuses in baith ceeties an a university hospital in Essen.
Internaitional relations[edit]
Twin touns – sister ceeties[edit]
- City of Sunderland, Unitit Kinrick (syne 1949)[3]
- Tampere, Finland (syne 1960)[3]
- Grenoble, Fraunce (syne 1974)[3][4]
- Nizhny Novgorod, Roushie (syne 1991)[3]
- Tel Aviv, Israel (syne 1991)[3]
The Ceety o Monessen, PA, situatit alang the Monongahela River, wis named efter the river an Essen.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen (German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW (31 December 2011).
- ↑ http://www.essen.de/Dokumente/Download%20Bau-%20und%20Immobilienwirtschaft%20deutsch_2006.pdf ("Schreibtisch des Ruhrgebiets")
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 List of Twin Towns in the Ruhr District. Twins2010.com. Retrieved on 28 October 2009. .
- ↑ Jérôme Steffenino, Marguerite Masson. Ville de Grenoble – Coopérations et villes jumelles. Grenoble.fr. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. . Retrieved on 29 October 2009. .
- ↑ http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_497856.html
