Rhine-Ruhr

The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region () is the lairgest metropolitan region in Germany wi aboot 10,100,000 inhabitants. It is o polycentric natur an the anely megaceety in Germany. It covers an aurie o 7,110 square kilometers an lees entirely athin the federal state o North Rhine-Westphalie. The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region spreads frae Dortmund-Bochum-Essen-Duisburg (Ruhr) in the north, tae the urban auries o the ceeties o Mönchengladbach, Düsseldorf (the state caipital), Wuppertal, Cologne (the region's lairgest an Germany's fowerth lairgest ceety), an Bonn in the sooth. The location o the Rhine-Ruhr at the hert o the European "blue banana" maks it weel connectit tae ither major European ceeties an metropolitan auries lik Amsterdam an the Randstad, the Flemish Diamond an Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Region.

The metropolitan aurie is namit efter the Rhine an Ruhr rivers, whilk are the regions's definin geographical featurs an historically its economic backbone.

Municipalities

The follaein register leets aw municipalities that offeecially belang tae Rhine-Ruhr aurie. Demographically, thir municipalities include 20 ceeties (German: ″Kreisfreie Städte″), each wi mair nor 100,000 inhabitants, an 11 destricts (German: "Kreis"), each wi a population o mair nor 250,000 inhabitants. Some destricts anerlie belang pairtly tae Rhine-Ruhr aurie. In sic a case anerlie the municipalities that belang tae the metro aurie are leetit.

 Ceeties independent o a Kreis Municipality Inhabitants31. December 2009  Surfacekm²  Inhabitants per/km²Bochum (BO)  376.319  145,44  Bonn (BN)  319.841  141,22  Bottrop (BOT)  117.241  100,61  Dortmund (DO)  581.308  280,39  Duisburg (DU)  491.931  232,81  Düsseldorf (D)  586.217  217,01  Essen (E)  576.259  210,38  Gelsenkirchen (GE)  259.744  104,86  Hagen (HA)  190.121  160,36  Hamm (HAM)  181.741  226,26  Herne (HER)  165.632  51,41  Köln (K)  998.105  405,15  Krefeld (KR)  235.414  137,76  Leverkusen (LEV)  160.593  78,85  Mönchengladbach (MG)  258.251  170,45  Mülheim an der Ruhr (MH)  167.471  91,29  {{ formatnum: {{ #expr: 167471
/91.29 round 2}} }}Oberhausen (OB)  214.024  77,04  Remscheid (RS)  111.422  74,60  Solingen (SG)  160.992  89,46  Wuppertal (W)  351.050  168,39  tot/average 6.503.676  3.163,74  

 Kreise (destricts) Municipality/Kreis (destrict)  Inhabitants31. December 2009  Surface perkm² Kreis Mettmann (ME) Erkrath  46.084  26,89 Haan  29.156  24,22 Heiligenhaus  26.818  27,47 Hilden  55.551  25,96 Langenfeld (Rheinland)  59.038  41,10 Mettmann  39.374  42,52 Monheim am Rhein  43.065  23,10 Ratingen  91.306  88,72 Velbert  84.633  74,90 Wülfrath  21.420  32,23 Kreis Unna (UN) Bergkamen  51.149  44,80 Bönen  18.630  38,02 Fröndenberg/Ruhr  22.135  56,21 Holzwickede  17.264  22,36 Kamen  44.803  40,93 Lünen  87.783  59,18 Schwerte  48.523  56,20 Selm  27.123  60,34 Unna  66.652  88,52 Werne  29.994  76,08 Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis (EN) Ennepetal  30.778  57,42 Gevelsberg  31.651  26,29 Hattingen  55.817  71,39 Herdecke  24.794  22,40 Schwelm  29.012  20,50 Sprockhövel  25.512  47,79 Wetter  28.221  31,47 Witten  98.601  72,37 Kreise (districts) Municipality/Kreis (destrict)  Inhabitants31. December 2009  Surface perkm² Märkischer Kreis (MK) Hemer  37.459  67,56 Iserlohn  95.232  125,50 Menden  56.078  86,06 Kreis Recklinghausen (RE) Castrop-Rauxel  75.752  51,66 Datteln  35.757  66,08 Dorsten  77.308  171,19 Gladbeck  75.520  35,91 Herten  62.639  37,32 Marl, North Rhine-Westphalie  88.202  87,63 Oer-Erkenschwick  30.499  38,69 Recklinghausen  119.050  66,43 Waltrop  29.837  46,99 Rhein-Erft-Kreis (BM) Brühl  44.259  36,12 Frechen  49.752  45,11 Hürth  57.501  51,17 Wesseling  35.144  23,37 Rhein-Kreis Neuss (NE) Dormagen  62.924  85,41 Grevenbroich  64.0390  102,46 Kaarst  41.841  37,40 Korschenbroich  33.116  55,26 Meerbusch  54.190  64,38 Neuss  151.280  99,48 Kreise (destricts) Municipality/Kreis (destrict)  Inhabitants31. December 2009  Surface perkm² Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (SU) Alfter  22.895  34,77 Bornheim  48.544  82,71 Niederkassel  37.402  35,79 Sankt Augustin  55.524  34,23 Siegburg  39.654  23,46 Troisdorf  75.150  62,17 Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis (GL) Bergisch Gladbach  105.699  83,12 Burscheid  18.771  27,38 Leichlingen  27.476  37,33 Kreis Viersen (VIE) Kempen  36.040  68,81 Tönisvorst  30.084  44,33 Viersen  75.475  91,07 Willich  51.962  67,77 Kreis Wesel (WES) Dinslaken  69.687  47,67 Kamp-Lintfort  38.724  63,16 Moers  105.929  67,69 Neukirchen-Vluyn  27.627  43,48 Rheinberg  31.648  75,15 Voerde  37.668  53,48 Wesel  60.958  122,53 tot  3.609.212  3.946,69

References
Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen von Information und Statistik Nordrhein-Westfalen (German) 

Category:Geografie o North Rhine-Westphalie
Category:Metropolitan auries o Germany
Category:Regions o North Rhine-Westphalie