Gelsenkirchen

Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen
	The Musiktheater im Revier (MiR) Opera House of Gelsenkirchen
	Coat airms
	Gelsenkirchen
	Coordinates: 51°31′0″N 07°06′0″E / 51.51667°N 7.10000°ECoordinates: 51°31′0″N 07°06′0″E / 51.51667°N 7.10000°E
Kintra	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalie
Admin. region	Münster
Destrict	Urban destrict
Govrenment
• Laird Mayor	Frank Baranowski (SPD)
Area
• Total	104.84 km2 (40.48 sq mi)
Elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Population (2021-12-31)
• Total	260,126
• Density	2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	45801-45899
Diallin codes	0209
Vehicle registration	GE
Website	www.gelsenkirchen.de

Gelsenkirchen (German pronunciation: [ˌɡɛlzənˈkɪʁçən]) is a ceety in North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany. It is locatit in the northren pairt o the Ruhr aurie. Its population in 2006 wis c. 267,000.

Gelsenkirchen wis first documentit in 1150, but it remained a smaa veelage till the 19t century, when the Industrial Revolution led tae the growth o the entire aurie. In 1840, when the minin o coal began, 6000 inhabitants livit in Gelsenkirchen; in 1900 the population haed increased tae 138,000.

Twinned touns

Newcastle upon Tyne, Unitit Kinrick (syne 1948)
Zenica, Bosnie an Herzegovinae (syne 1969)
Shakhty, Roushie (syne 1989)
Olsztyn, Poland (syne 1992)
Cottbus, Germany (syne 1995)
Büyükçekmece, Turkey (syne 2004)
Kutaisi, Georgie
Campo Grande, Brazil (syne 2007)
Doncaster, Unitit Kinrick

References

↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 Juin 2022.
↑ Population in the Regierungsbezirk Münster

Freemit airtins

[1] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 Juin 2022.

[2] Population in the Regierungsbezirk Münster

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