- Country
- Located in
- Population
- 358,880(December 31, 2025)
1
- , 358,676(December 31, 2024)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2024)Retrieved 2026-06-29
- , 366,385(December 31, 2023)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2023)Retrieved 2024-11-16
- +16 more
- 358,880(December 31, 2025)
- Area
- 145.66 km²(2016)
- , 145.66 km²(December 31, 2017)
1
Sources- 1.“Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)”destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Archiv/GVAuszugQ/AuszugGV4QAktuell.htmlRetrieved 2019-03-10
- Elevation
- 100 m
- Head of government
- Jörg Lukat(since 2025)
- , Ottilie Scholz(2004–2015)
- , Ernst-Otto Stüber(1994–2004)
- +16 more
- Postal code
- 44701–44894
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
175 statements · 27% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Local dialing code
- 0234
- 02327
- Member of
- Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe
1
Sources- 1.“Die Mitgliedskörperschaften des LWL”staedtetag-nrw.de/ueber-uns/mitgliederRetrieved 2026-08-16
- Regionalverband Ruhr
- association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia(since 2016)
2
Sources- 1.agfs-nrw.de/mitglieder/bochum.htmlRetrieved 2018-04-18
- 2.agfs-nrw.de/agfs-partner/unsere-mitgliederRetrieved 2026-04-14
- Climate Alliance(since 1993)
- Emschergenossenschaft
1
Sources- 1.eglv.de/emscher-lippe/emschergenossenschaft/Retrieved 2019-06-29
- Mayors for Peace(since 2006)
1
Sources- 1.mayorsforpeace.org/english/membercity/map/europe.htmlRetrieved 2019-07-04
- Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen
1
- Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe
- Short name
- Bm instance of: library location identifier
1
- Bm instance of: library location identifier
- Hashtag
- Bochum
- Official name
- Bochum
- Demonym
- Bochumer applies to part: masculine singular, masculine plural
- Bochumerin applies to part: feminine singular
- Bochumerinnen applies to part: feminine plural
- IPA transcription
- ˈboʊ.kəm language: English
1
- ˈboʊ.kəm language: English
- Male population
- 177,829(September 30, 2021)
1
Sources- 1.statistikportal.de/de/produkte/gemeindeverzeichnisRetrieved 2022-01-15
- 177,699(October 31, 2019)
- 177,829(September 30, 2021)
- Female population
- 186,625(September 30, 2021)
1
Sources- 1.statistikportal.de/de/produkte/gemeindeverzeichnisRetrieved 2022-01-15
- 186,929
- 186,625(September 30, 2021)
- Native label
- Bochum pronunciation audio: De-Bochum.ogg · ipa transcription: ˈboːxʊm
- Geoshape
- Data:Deutschland/Nordrhein-Westfalen/Bochum.map
- Number of viewers/listeners
- 694,687(December 4, 2025) youtube channel id: UC1TnpohfENAREJWKvJZwd3g · youtube handle: stadtbochumde
1
- 694,687(December 4, 2025) youtube channel id: UC1TnpohfENAREJWKvJZwd3g · youtube handle: stadtbochumde
On other databases
66 identifiers linking Bochum across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID364
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID119703066
- Bing entity IDee0e732f-eaac-4707-80d2-10cf0470978a
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDbochum
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--435632
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Bochum
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)3Ei05m
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)526893
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ2554153
- Facebook location ID106544749381682
- Facebook usernameStadtBochum
- FactGrid item IDQ21458
- FAST ID1204471
- Freebase ID/m/018f94
- GADM IDDEU.10.2_1
- GeoNames ID3221109
- German district key05911
- German municipality key05911000
- German regional key059110000000
- GitHub topicbochum
- GND ID4007328-2
- GNS Unique Feature ID115685
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDbochum
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0010642
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDBochum
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal IDbokhum-c6f32c
- HASCDE.NW.BC
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID8297
- INaturalist place ID108248
- Instagram location ID215910311
- Instagram usernamebochum_de
- J9U entity ID987007554816005171
- Joconde discovery IDT115-4247
- Klexikon article IDBochum
- Klimadashboard.de region ID9c9a62f8-5a40-4768-8a98-6462757854b8
- KSW place ID87971
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID19866
- Lemmy community IDbochum@feddit.org
- Lex IDBochum
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79018140
- LinkedIn company or organization IDstadt-bochum
- Münzkabinett IDlocation/2542
- Museum-digital place ID368
- MusicBrainz area ID154ef74f-bcd3-4472-bfee-dd1dec672864
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000974490
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX5810037
- NL CR AUT IDge134072
- NUTS codeDEA51
- NWBib IDQ2103
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3878791
- Open Library subject IDplace:bochum_(germany)
- OpenStreetMap relation ID62644
- Quora topic IDBochum-Germany-1
- SBN place IDUBOL003938
- Süddeutsche Zeitung topic IDBochum
- SVKKL authority ID0352489-Bochum-Nemecko
- Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae IDXPVERXNUQBGFZMNHJTESYPEZSY
- UN/LOCODEDEBOM
- VIAF cluster ID243390212
- Wellcome Collection concept IDsxugy637
- Who's on First ID101748707
- WikiKids IDBochum
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJjRT9mMY3yPyrRBTpXcfq
- Yale LUX IDgroup/b428f1b8-3893-489e-8891-983474ea9e87
- YouTube channel IDUC1TnpohfENAREJWKvJZwd3g
- YouTube handlestadtbochumde
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