Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt am Main
Location o the ceety o Frankfurt am Main athin Hesse
Coordinates	50°6′42″N 8°41′9″E
Admeenistration
Kintra	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
Destrict	Urban destrict
City subdiveesions	16 aurie destricts (Ortsbezirke) 46 ceety destricts (Stadtteile)
Laird Mayor	Peter Feldmann (SPD)
Govrenin pairties	CDU / Greens
Basic statistics
Aurie	248.31 km2 (95.87 sq mi)
Elevation	112 m  (367 ft)
Population	695,624  (30 September 2011)
- Density	2,801 /km2 (7,256 /sq mi)
- Urban	2,895,000
- Metro	5,600,000 (05/2006)
Foondit	1st century
Ither information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	F
Postal codes	60001-60599, 65901-65936
Aurie codes	069, 06109, 06101
Wabsteid	www.frankfurt.de

Frankfurt is a ceety in Germany, an the biggest ceety in the state o Hesse.

Frankfurt, thegither wi its suburbs, forms the Rhine-Main metropolitan aurie, wi a population jaloused tae be aboot 1.8 million (Frankfurt: 670,000 in 2008). Rhine-Main is ane o the lairgest metropolitan auries in Europe.

The stock exchynge is ane o the lairgest in Europe (Frankfurt stock exchynge). This, thegither wi its financial an business sectors, haes turned Frankfurt intae ane o the major transportation naves o the warld. Frankfurt is listit as the fowert major global ceety.

Internaitional relations

See an aw: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Germany

Frankfurt twinned wi, or haes sister city relationships with:

Lyon, Fraunce (syne 1960) Birmingham, Unitit Kinrick (syne 1966) Milan, Italy (syne 1971) Cairo, Egyp (syne 1979)

Tel Aviv, Israel (syne 1980) Guangzhou, Cheenae (syne 1988) Toronto, Canadae (syne 1989) Prague, Czech Republic (syne 1990)

Budapest, Hungary (syne 1990) Leipzig, Germany (syne 1991) Granada, Nicaragua (syne 1991) Chennai, Indie (syne 2005)

Pairtnerships

Deuil-la-Barre, Fraunce, pairtnered wi Nieder-Eschbach (Frankfurt am Main) (syne 1967; incorporatit in 1972) Kraków in Poland (syne 1991)

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