Remscheid
City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Also known as Kreisfreie Stadt Remscheid
- Country
- Located in
- Lennep District(1816–1888)
- , Rhine Province(1888–1929)
- , Amt Bornefeld(until 1806)
- +2 more
- Population
- 113,333(December 31, 2025)
1
- , 113,828(December 31, 2024)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2024)Retrieved 2026-06-29
- , 112,970(December 31, 2023)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2023)Retrieved 2024-11-16
- +7 more
- 113,333(December 31, 2025)
- Area
- 74.52 km²(2016)
2
Sources- 1.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Aktuell/05Staedte.html
- 2.“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
- , 74.6 km²
- 74.52 km²(2016)
- Elevation
- 365 m
- , 328 m
- Head of government
- Sven Wolf(since 2025)
- , Burkhard Mast-Weisz(2014–2025)
- Postal code
- 42853
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
98 statements · 30% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Local dialing code
- 02191
- Short name
- Rem
1
- Rem
- Member of
- Climate Alliance(since 1995)
- Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen
1
- Landschaftsverband Rheinland
1
Sources- 1.“Gebiet und Mitglieder LVR”lvr.de/lvr/ueber-uns/das-sind-wir/gebiet-und-mitglieder/Retrieved 2026-08-14
- Official name
- Remscheid pronunciation audio: De-Remscheid.ogg · ipa transcription: ˈʁɛmʃaɪt
- Male population
- 54,664(October 31, 2019)
- Female population
- 56,330(October 31, 2019)
- Geoshape
- Data:Deutschland/Nordrhein-Westfalen/Remscheid.map
- Hashtag
- Remscheid
On other databases
39 identifiers linking Remscheid across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID4706
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID13187233m
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--4355313
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Remscheid
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ2554522
- Facebook usernameStadtRemscheid
- FactGrid item IDQ21729
- Freebase ID/m/018nw6
- GADM IDDEU.10.39_1
- GeoNames ID3247432
- German district key05120
- German municipality key05120000
- German regional key051200000000
- GND ID4049447-0
- HASCDE.NW.RM
- INaturalist place ID108263
- Instagram usernamestadt_remscheid
- J9U entity ID987007548056305171
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID4049447-0
- Klexikon article IDRemscheid
- Klimadashboard.de region IDcc87b23a-a421-4d2a-8399-cc6d3fa6c39c
- KSW place ID91209
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID19872
- Lex IDRemscheid
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn80057015
- Museum-digital place ID520
- MusicBrainz area IDfdd29bd1-0326-449b-a848-b96e3b1f336d
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000979393
- NL CR AUT IDge928101
- NUTS codeDEA18
- NWBib IDQ3097
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3967047
- OpenStreetMap relation ID62455
- Provenio UUID7b61c36a-01fc-449e-88d9-2468abd87ae9
- UN/LOCODEDERED
- VIAF cluster ID133687660
- Who's on First ID101748651
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJymBcBCrjxBhCMy6jfcyd
- Yale LUX IDplace/74ad3a02-3b7c-4200-82d7-4a7e035b2d2d
