Land Nordrhein Westfalen (Nordrhein-Westfalen), North Rhine-Westphalia

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Nordrhein-Westfalen at a glance

Nordrhein-Westfalen currently has 278 quality-checked populated place pages and 5 county pages linked on MapSof.

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Mapped cities & towns

278

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County pages

5

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Largest city

Köln

Population 1,085,664

Top linked places

Köln 1,085,664 Düsseldorf 645,923 Dortmund 587,010 Essen 583,109

State	North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)
Latitude & Longitude	51.2190,6.7634
Time Zone	Europe/Berlin
Local time	19:58:40 (18th April 2026)

Geography

Nordrhein-Westfalen is located at 51°13'8"N 6°45'48"E (51.2189500, 6.7633900).

The largest city of Nordrhein-Westfalen is Köln with a population of 1,085,664. Other cities include, Dortmund population 587,010, Essen population 583,109, Duisburg population 498,590 and Bochum population 364,628. See all Nordrhein-Westfalen cities & populated places.