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Aachen
City population
265,208
#26
in Germany
#12
in North Rhine-Westphalia
#2,152
worldwide
50.777, 6.083 · 541 km from Berlin
About Aachen
Aachen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with a population of 265,208. It is the 26th largest of the 960 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Germany, and the 2,152nd largest worldwide. It lies 541 km from Berlin.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#12of 268
Elevation
266 m
Time zone
Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
50.777, 6.083
Record updated
2025-11-27
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured.
Nearby Cities
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