Siegen

Siegen
Upper town
Upper town
Flag of Siegen
Coat of arms of Siegen
Location of Siegen within Siegen-Wittgenstein district
North Rhine-WestphaliaRhineland-PalatinateHesseBurbachHochsauerlandkreisOlpe (district)Bad BerleburgSiegenNetphenKreuztalBad LaaspheWilnsdorfHilchenbachNeunkirchenFreudenbergErndtebrück
Siegen is located in Germany
Siegen
Siegen
Siegen is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Siegen
Siegen
Coordinates: 50°53′N 8°1′E / 50.883°N 8.017°E / 50.883; 8.017
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionArnsberg
DistrictSiegen-Wittgenstein
Government
 • Mayor (2020–25) Steffen Mues[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total114.67 km2 (44.27 sq mi)
Elevation
290 m (950 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total102,114
 • Density890/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
57072–57080
Dialling codes0271
Vehicle registrationSI
Websitewww.siegen.de

Siegen (German pronunciation: [ˈziːɡn̩] ) is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia.

It is located in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the Arnsberg region. The university town (nearly 20,000 students in the 2018–2019 winter semester) is the district seat, and is ranked as a "higher centre" in the South Westphalian urban agglomeration.

In 1975, municipal reforms and amalgamations lifted Siegen's population above the 100,000 mark.

  1. ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
  2. ^ "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 20 June 2024.