Düsseldorf (region)

Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf
Map of North Rhine-Westphalia highlighting the Regierungsbezirk of Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Region seat	Düsseldorf
Area
– Total	5,289.81 km2 (2,042.4 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
– Total	5,161,782
– Density	975.8/km2 (2,527.3/sq mi)
Website	bezreg-duesseldorf.nrw.de

Düsseldorf is one of the five Regierungsbezirke of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the north-west of the country. It covers the western part of the Ruhr Area, as well as the Niederrheinische Tiefebene, the lower Rhine area. It is the most populated of all German administrative areas of the kind. It's the only area in Germany where the traditional dialects are Low Franconian, rather than Low German or High German.

It was created as a subdivision of the Prussian Rhineland when Prussia reformed its internal administration in 1815. In 1822 the Regierungsbezirk Kleve was incorporated into Regierungbezirk Düsseldorf.

Kreise (districts)	Kreisfreie Städte (district-free towns)
Cleves (Kleve) Mettmann Neuss Viersen Wesel	Duisburg Düsseldorf Essen Krefeld Mönchengladbach Mülheim Oberhausen Remscheid Solingen Wuppertal

References

1. ^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html. 

External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 51°25′N 6°40′E / 51.42°N 6.67°E / 51.42; 6.67