Aachen

The district of Aachen is a special form of municipal association in the west of , , at the triple border of Germany, the and .
  • County with 566,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 208 metres (682 feet)
  • Description: German district of North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Also known as
    “Aachen cities region”
    “Aachen urban region”
    “Staedteregion Aachen”
  • Neighbors

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zinkhütter Hof and Bethlehem Gesundheitszentrum.
BBKurt, Public domain.
The nature reserve of Schlangenberg which means…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aachen and Stolberg.
is a historically important city, spa and…
is a municipality in the district of Aachen…

Aachen

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Latitude
50.7611° or 50° 45′ 40″ north
Longitude
6.2056° or 6° 12′ 20″ east
Open location code
9F28Q664+C6
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Open­Street­Map feature
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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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