Herne
Town in Arnsberg Government Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Country
- Located in
- Population
- 156,266(December 31, 2025)
1
- , 158,240
- , 155,851(December 31, 2024)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2024)Retrieved 2026-06-29
- +9 more
- 156,266(December 31, 2025)
- Area
- 51.42 km²(September 30, 2022)
1
Sources- 1.“Herne, Stadt”statistikportal.de/en/gemeindeverzeichnis/05916000Retrieved 2023-01-03
- 51.42 km²(September 30, 2022)
- Elevation
- 65 m
- Head of government
- Frank Dudda(since 2015)
- , Horst Schiereck(2004–2015)
- , Wolfgang Becker(1994–2004)
- +3 more
- Postal code
- 44601–44653
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
111 statements · 41% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Local dialing code
- 02325
- 02323
- Twinned administrative body
- Wakefield(since 1956)
- Hénin-Beaumont(since 1954)
- Ometepe(since 1988)
1
Sources- 1.“Städteparnterschaften”herne.de/Stadt-und-Leben/Stadtfakten/Staedtepartnerschaften/index.htmlRetrieved 2023-01-03
- Belgorod(since 1990)
- Eisleben(since 1990)
- Konin(since 1991)
- Member of
- association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia(since 2007)
2
Sources- 1.agfs-nrw.de/mitglieder/herne.htmlRetrieved 2018-04-18
- 2.agfs-nrw.de/agfs-partner/unsere-mitgliederRetrieved 2026-04-14
- Emschergenossenschaft
1
Sources- 1.eglv.de/emscher-lippe/emschergenossenschaft/Retrieved 2019-06-29
- Mayors for Peace(since 2018)
1
Sources- 1.mayorsforpeace.org/english/membercity/map/europe.htmlRetrieved 2019-07-04
- Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen
1
- Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe
1
Sources- 1.“Die Mitgliedskörperschaften des LWL”staedtetag-nrw.de/ueber-uns/mitgliederRetrieved 2026-08-16
- association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia(since 2007)
- Official name
- Herne
- Female population
- 79,882(September 30, 2021) reason for preferred rank: most recent value
1
Sources- 1.“Gemeindeverzeichnis-Online”statistikportal.de/de/produkte/gemeindeverzeichnisRetrieved 2022-02-15
- 79,725(October 31, 2019)
- 79,882(September 30, 2021) reason for preferred rank: most recent value
- Social media followers
- 6,995(March 30, 2026) instagram numeric id: 45155725206
- 3,165(January 6, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 146043671
- Male population
- 77,058(September 30, 2021)
1
Sources- 1.“Gemeindeverzeichnis-Online”statistikportal.de/de/produkte/gemeindeverzeichnisRetrieved 2022-02-15
- 77,058(September 30, 2021)
- Contains the administrative territorial entity
- Sodingen
1
Sources- 1.herne.de/Stadt-und-Leben/Stadtfakten/Stadtbezirke/Retrieved 2023-01-03
- Eickel
- Herne-Mitte
- Wanne
- Sodingen
- Native label
- Herne ipa transcription: ˈhɛʁnə · pronunciation audio: De-Herne.ogg
- Geoshape
- Data:Deutschland/Nordrhein-Westfalen/Herne.map
- Hashtag
- Herne
On other databases
41 identifiers linking Herne across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID373
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDherne
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--435631
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Herne
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ2554163
- FactGrid item IDQ80797
- FAST ID1313093
- Freebase ID/m/018hns
- GADM IDDEU.10.20_1
- GeoNames ID3221114
- German district key05916
- German municipality key05916000
- German regional key059160000000
- GND ID4024544-5
- HASCDE.NW.HR
- INaturalist place ID108250
- Instagram usernamestadt_herne
- J9U entity ID987007566853605171
- Klexikon article IDHerne
- Klimadashboard.de region ID0e36de08-9493-4d96-bec6-7a56ac200663
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID19875
- Lex IDHerne
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn81072006
- Museum-digital place ID35020
- MusicBrainz area IDa66a5bd1-0e75-4ac9-a03d-b1755c7bc0a9
- National Library of Poland MMS ID9812478010705606
- NL CR AUT IDge129246
- NUKAT IDn2007014285
- NUTS codeDEA55
- NWBib IDQ2904
- OpenStreetMap relation ID62396
- OSM Name Suggestion Index IDstadtherne-76bfc3
- Quora topic IDHerne-Germany
- RERO ID (legacy)A009490243
- SBN place IDBZML000158
- UN/LOCODEDEHEE
- VIAF cluster ID130155724
- Who's on First ID101748711
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJwmWDFMwBHVhGYvTMWbh3
- X (Twitter) usernamestadt_herne
- Yale LUX IDplace/988e7a95-32b0-41f7-8f16-d2e7d700ddd8