Aachen

Aachen
Panoramic view o Aachen, includin Kaiser-Karls-Gymnasium (foregrund), ceety haw (back centre) an cathedral (back richt)
Banner Coat o airms
Aachen
Location o Aachen athin Aachen destrict
Coordinates: 50°47′N 6°5′E
Kintra	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalie
Admin. region	Cologne
Destrict	Aachen
Govrenment
• Laird Mayor	Marcel Philipp (CDU)
• Governing parties	CDU / SPD
Area
• Total	160.85 km2 (62.10 sq mi)
Population  (2015-12-31)
• Tot	245,885
• Density	1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	52062–52080
Diallin codes	0241 / 02405 / 02407 / 02408
Vehicle registration	AC / MON

Aachen (German pronunciation: [ˈʔaːxən] ( listen)), an aa kent as Bad Aachen (Ripuarian: Óche, Limburgish: Aoke, French: Aix-la-Chapelle, Dutch: Aken, Latin: Aquisgrana) is a spa toun in North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany, at the fit o the Eifel an Ardennes Plateaus.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns an sister ceeties

Aachen is twinned wi:

Liège, Belgium (syne 1955) Reims, Fraunce (1967) Halifax, Wast Yorkshire, Ingland (1979) Toledo, Spain (1985) Ningbo, Cheenae (1986) Naumburg, Germany (1988) Arlington Coonty, Virginie, USA (1993)

Cape Town, Sooth Africae (1999) Kladno, Czech Republic (2001) Kostroma, Roushie (2005) Rosh HaAyin, Israel (2007) Baltimore, Coonty Cork, Ireland (2010) Sariyer, Turkey (2013)