Aachen

The district of Aachen is a special form of municipal association in the west of , , at the triple border of Germany, the and .
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  • Type: County with 566,000 residents
  • Description: German district of North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Also known as: “Aachen cities region”, “Aachen urban region”, and “Staedteregion Aachen”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zinkhütter Hof and Varnenum.

Museum
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is a museum.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Nature reserve
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The nature reserve of Schlangenberg which means snake-mountain is located in the west of close to the Dutch and Belgian border. The reserve is near the village , 15 kilometres from or 7 kilometres distant from the city of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aachen and Stolberg.

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is a historically important city, spa and university centre in , situated at the "three lands corner" where the borders of , and the meet.

Town
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is a town in , Germany. It has a long history as an industrial town and belongs to the district Aachen and the lower district court of .

Town
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is a municipality in the district of Aachen in in Germany on the river , near the German-Dutch-Belgian border, and about 15 kilometres east of and 50 kilometres west of .

Aachen

Latitude
50.7611° or 50° 45′ 40″ north
Longitude
6.2056° or 6° 12′ 20″ east
Population
566,000
Elevation
208 metres (682 feet)
Open location code
9F28Q664+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240109630
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
3247448
Wiki­data ID
Q6272
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Western Frisian—“Aachen” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Districto d’Aquisgrán”
  • Armenian: “Աախենի քաղաքային շրջան”
  • Bavarian: “Stedregion Aachen”
  • Belarusian: “Ахенскі гарадскі рэгіён”
  • Catalan: “districte d’Aquisgrà”
  • Cebuano: “Aachen (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Städteregion Aachen”
  • Chinese: “亚琛城市区”
  • Chinese: “亞琛城市區”
  • Czech: “Městský region Cáchy”
  • Czech: “Zemský okres Aachen”
  • Czech: “Zemský okres Cáchy”
  • Czech: “Zemský okres Städteregion Aachen”
  • Dutch: “Stadsregio Aken”
  • Dutch: “Stedenregio Aken”
  • Esperanto: “Urba regiono Aachen”
  • Esperanto: “urba regiono Akeno”
  • Estonian: “Städteregion Aachen”
  • Finnish: “Aachenin kaupunkialue”
  • French: “région urbaine d’Aix-la-Chapelle”
  • French: “Région urbaine d’Aix-la-Chapelle”
  • Galician: “distrito de Aquisgrán”
  • German: “Städteregion Aachen”
  • German: “StädteRegion Aachen”
  • Hebrew: “חבל אאכן”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אאכן”
  • Hungarian: “aacheni városrégió”
  • Hungarian: “Städteregion Aachen”
  • Indonesian: “Aachen (distrik)”
  • Indonesian: “Aachen”
  • Interlingua: “Region urban de Aquisgran”
  • Interlingua: “Region urban de Aquisgrano”
  • Italian: “Regione urbana di Aquisgrana”
  • Kölsch: “Städteregion Oche”
  • Kölsch: “Städterejion Oche”
  • Korean: “아헨 도시 지구”
  • Kurdish: “Aachen (navçe)”
  • Kurdish: “Aachen”
  • Ladin: “Städteregion Aachen”
  • Latin: “Regio urbium Aquisgranensis”
  • Low German: “Städteregion Aken”
  • Malay: “Aachen (daerah)”
  • Malay: “Aachen”
  • Northern Frisian: “Stäädregiuun Aachen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Byregion Aachen”
  • Norwegian: “Byregion Aachen”
  • Persian: “آخن (بخش)”
  • Persian: “آخن”
  • Polish: “Städteregion Aachen”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea urbană Aachen”
  • Russian: “Аахенский городской регион”
  • Russian: “Ахен”
  • Russian: “Ахенский городской регион”
  • Slovenian: “Mestna regija Aachen”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Aquisgran”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Aquisgrán”
  • Turkish: “Städteregion Aachen”
  • Ukrainian: “Аахен (міський регіон)”
  • Ukrainian: “Аахен”
  • Urdu: “آچن، (ضلع)”
  • Urdu: “آچن،”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Aachen (distrito)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Aachen”
  • Welsh: “ardal ddinesig Aachen”
  • Western Frisian: “Stêderegio Aken”

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