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Zülpich Coordinates 50°42′0″N 6°39′0″E / 50.7°N 6.65°ECoordinates: 50°42′0″N 6°39′0″E / 50.7°N 6.65°E Administration Country Germany State North Rhine-Westphalia Admin. region Cologne District Euskirchen Town subdivisions Kernstadt and 20 villages Mayor Albert Bergmann (CDU) Basic statistics Area 101 km2 (39 sq mi) Elevation 180 m (591 ft) Population 20,005 (31 December 2010)[1] - Density 198 /km2 (513 /sq mi) Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate EU Postal code 53909 Area code 02252 Website www.stadt-zuelpich.de Zülpich is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany between Aachen and Bonn. It belongs to the district Euskirchen.
The town is commonly agreed to be the site with the Latin name of Tolbiacum, famous for the Battle of Tolbiac, fought between the Franks under Clovis I and the Alamanni; the traditional date is 496, corrected in many modern accounts to 506. The battle is commemorated in the names of the Rue Tolbiac and the Tolbiac metro station in Paris.
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Bad Münstereifel | Blankenheim | Dahlem | Euskirchen | Hellenthal | Kall | Mechernich | Nettersheim | Schleiden | Weilerswist | ZülpichReferences
- ^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html.
Categories:- Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia
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