Cologne (region)
Cologne
Regierungsbezirk Köln | |
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Map of North Rhine-Westphalia highlighting Cologne | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Region seat | Cologne |
| Government | |
| • District President | Thomas Wilk (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,364.71 km2 (2,843.53 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2023) | |
• Total | 4,478,118 |
| • Density | 610/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €215.932 billion (2022) |
| Website | bezreg-koeln.nrw.de |
Cologne is one of the five governmental districts of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located in the south-west of that state and covers the hills of the Eifel as well as the Bergisches Land.
It was created on 30 April 1815, as district of the province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, when Prussia reorganised its internal administration. In 1972 the Regierungsbezirk Aachen was incorporated.
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