Aachen
City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Also known as Oche · Aix-la-Chapelle · Aix la Chapelle
- Country
- Population
- 263,703(December 31, 2025)
1
- , 262,670(December 31, 2024)
1
- , 252,769(December 31, 2023)
1
- +53 more
- 263,703(December 31, 2025)
- Area
- 160.85 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
- 160.85 km²(December 31, 2017)
- Elevation
- 173 m
- , 410 m
- , 125 m
- Postal code
- 52062
- , 52063
- , 52064
- +16 more
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
336 statements · 19% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Q41876(since 1967)
1
Sources- 1.“Städtepartnerschaften - Reims - Frankreich”aachen.de/DE/stadt_buerger/aachen_profil/staedtepartnerschaften/reims/index.htmlRetrieved 2015-02-05
- Q5836(since 1985)
- Q42780(since 1986)
- Q15986(since 1988)
1
Sources- 1.“Städtepartnerschaften - Naumburg - Sachsen-Anhalt”aachen.de/DE/stadt_buerger/aachen_profil/staedtepartnerschaften/naumburg/index.html
- Q107126(since 1993)
- Q5465(since 2000)
- Q857107(since 2013)
- Q3992(since 1955)
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- Q41876(since 1967)
- Local dialing code
- 0241
- 02403
- 02405
- 02407
- 02408
- Anthem
- Q1150159(since 1165) audio: Urbs Aquensis, urbs regalis.mid
- Member of
- Q572255
- Q153468
- Q627637(since 1995)
1
- Q1768108(since 1991)
- Q747279(since 1986)
1
Sources- 1.mayorsforpeace.org/english/membercity/map/europe.htmlRetrieved 2019-07-04
- Q52144567
1
- Q131586184
- Coordinates of westernmost point
- 50.7980°N, 5.9749°E located in/on physical feature: Q221813
1
- 50.7980°N, 5.9749°E located in/on physical feature: Q221813
- Coordinates of northernmost point
- 50.8572°N, 6.0551°E located in/on physical feature: Q1628011
1
- 50.8572°N, 6.0551°E located in/on physical feature: Q1628011
- Coordinates of easternmost point
- 50.6982°N, 6.2181°E located in/on physical feature: Q944071
1
- 50.6982°N, 6.2181°E located in/on physical feature: Q944071
- Coordinates of southernmost point
- 50.6621°N, 6.1658°E located in/on physical feature: Q944071
1
- 50.6621°N, 6.1658°E located in/on physical feature: Q944071
- Native label
- Aachen
- Official name
- Aachen pronunciation audio: De-Aachen-2.ogg · ipa transcription: [ˈʔaːxn̩]
- Street address
- Markt
- Social media followers
- 62,495(February 5, 2026) instagram username: stadtaachen
- 6,854(February 5, 2026) threads username: stadtaachen
- 601(April 11, 2024) mastodon address: stadtaachen@nrw.social
- 594(March 16, 2024) mastodon address: stadtaachen@nrw.social
- 567(February 12, 2024) mastodon address: stadtaachen@nrw.social
- Geoshape
- Data:Deutschland/Nordrhein-Westfalen/Städteregion-Aachen/Aachen.map
- Hashtag
- Aachen
On other databases
129 identifiers linking Aachen across the web's reference databases
- Alvin IDalvin-place:672
- Arab Encyclopedia concept ID14296
- ArchINFORM location ID381
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlineaachen
- BabelNet ID00000174n
- BHCL UUIDc0fce210-0bd7-4e1f-9f43-0a79bdb41526
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID11865908c
- Biblissima authority IDQ27680
- British Museum place IDx29132
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDaachen-40
- Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme)0500L7658
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf10314242
- CANTIC ID981058620172406706
- Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Gesamtausgabe IDA130067
- Catholic Encyclopedia ID01001a
- CERL Thesaurus IDcnl00006597
- Comic Vine ID4020-61694
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/Germany/States/North_Rhine-Westphalia/Localities/Aachen/
- Data Commons IDnuts/DEA21
- Der Spiegel topic IDaachen
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--435511
- Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID363
- Early Modern Letters Online location ID6e2fd318-9a91-44d4-b478-a0f874b2996e
- Edition humboldt digital IDH0002298
- Encyclopaedia Beliana IDaachen
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Aachen
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDaix-la-chapelle
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)3q0eaB
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)526695
- Facebook location ID110758342277781
- FactGrid item IDQ10293
- FAST ID1208397
- Freebase ID/m/0qjd
- GADM IDDEU.10.47.1_1
- GeoNames ID6553047
- German municipality key05334002
- German regional key053340002002
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7004799
- GitHub topicaachen
- Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online IDAachen (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)
- GND ID4000003-5
- Google Arts & Culture entity IDm0qjd
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDaquisgra
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0004606
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDAachen
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal IDakhen-0a807f
- Grove Art Online IDT000002
- Grove Music Online ID00004
- HAL structure ID302626
- Hikr waypoint ID10659
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) IDAACHENJO30BS
- IDAI.gazetteer ID2289310
- IdRef ID026405865
- Instagram usernamestadtaachen
- Interlingual Index IDi82959
- ISNI0000000120973385
- J9U entity ID987007564319005171
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID1019
- Joconde location IDT84-645
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID4000003-5
- Klexikon article IDAachen
- Klimadashboard.de region ID997dcd66-9eaa-48fd-9ec5-3224dbf577a1
- Krugosvet article (archived)istoriya/AHEN.html
- KSW place ID87364
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID7843
- LAU05334002
- Lex IDAachen
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn80046295
- Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID00001/eu_a_0014/a0014
- Mastodon addressstadtaachen@nrw.social
- Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries place ID7004799
- Münzkabinett IDlocation/1980
- Museum-digital place ID524
- MusicBrainz area IDbf5d41ea-2772-403f-9d6a-c4fade30a2ae
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/417972A8-BBAA-4A76-9763-809899A4492D
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000979115
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX458734
- NE.se IDaachen
- NL CR AUT IDge134535
- Nomisma IDaachen
- NSK (VIAF) ID000587911
- NSK ID981005701279609366
- Numista ruling authority ID5492
- NUTS codeDEA21
- NWBib IDQ1017
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning503491
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3867187
- Open Library subject IDplace:aachen_(germany)
- OpenStreetMap node ID240041315
- OpenStreetMap relation ID62564
