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Zwickau
Zwickau toun haw an theatre
Zwickau toun haw an theatre
Coat of airms o Zwickau
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Zwickau is located in Germany
Zwickau
Zwickau
Location o Zwickau athin Zwickau destrict
Coordinates: 50°43′N 12°30′E / 50.717°N 12.500°E / 50.717; 12.500Coordinates: 50°43′N 12°30′E / 50.717°N 12.500°E / 50.717; 12.500
KintraGermany
StateSaxony
DestrictZwickau
Subdivisions5 urban units wi 35 tounships
Govrenment
 • Laird MayorPia Findeiss (SPD)
Area
 • Total102.54 km2 (39.59 sq mi)
Elevation
241-444 m (−1,216 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[1]
 • Total86,592
 • Density840/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
08001–08067
Diallin codes0375
Vehicle registrationZ
Websitewww.zwickau.de

Zwickau (German pronunciation: [ˈtsvɪkaʊ]; Sorbian: Šwikawa, Czech Cvikov) in Germany, belangs tae an industrial an economical core region. Nowadays it is the caipital ceety o the destrict o Zwickau. The ceety is situatit in a valley at the fit o the Erzgebirge muntains an is an aa pairt o whit is cried the Saxon triangle metropolitan aurie, an economic network which includes Leipzig-Halle, Dresden an Chemnitz. The ceety haes slichtly fewer nor 100,000 indwallers, but haes a regional catchment aurie o ower 480,000 fowk.[2] Frae 1834 till 1952 Zwickau wis the umwhile seat o the govrenment o the sooth-wastren region o Saxony.

Twin touns—sister ceeties

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References

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  1. "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2021" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2022.
  2. "Zwickau.de: Zwickau in Zahlen (Zwickau in Numbers)". Archived frae the original on 6 Februar 2014. Retrieved 6 Februar 2014.