Cologne (region)

Cologne
Regierungsbezirk Köln
Regierungsbezirk
Map of North Rhine-Westphalia highlighting Cologne
Map of North Rhine-Westphalia highlighting Cologne
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Region seatCologne
Government
 • District PresidentThomas Wilk (SPD)
Area
 • Total
7,364.71 km2 (2,843.53 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2023)[1]
 • Total
4,543,189
 • Density620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
GDP
[2]
 • Total€215.932 billion (2022)
Websitebezreg-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.

Kreise
(districts) 		Kreisfreie Städte
(district-free towns)
  1. Aachen
  2. Düren
  3. Euskirchen
  4. Heinsberg
  5. Oberbergischer Kreis
  6. Rhein-Erft-Kreis
  7. Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
  8. Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
  1. Aachen
  2. Bonn
  3. Cologne
  4. Leverkusen
  1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  2. ^ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". Retrieved 18 September 2023.