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Cologne

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Cologne is the fourth-most populous city of Germany and the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
1,025,523 1
Area (sq km)
405.15 1
Founding Year
1 to 100 CE 1
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
37 1
Latitude
50.93639 degrees north 1
Longitude
6.95278 degrees east 1
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Germany, Countries
Source Cologne (Wikipedia)
North Rhine-Westphalia, States or Territories

cologne is associated with north-rhine-westphalia.

Source Cologne (Wikipedia)
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Adoration of the Christ Child (Bosch)

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Brauerei zur Malzmühle

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Cölner Hofbräu Früh

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Gaffel Becker & Co

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Heinrich Reissdorf

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Lanxess AG

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Lufthansa

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Sport-Informations-Dienst

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Geert Groote

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Soon after, Groote settled in Cologne, teaching philosophy and theology, and was granted a prebend in Utrecht and another in Aachen.
University of Cologne

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International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines

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is a non-profit scientific society founded in Cologne in 2000
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1. Cologne (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    Cologne ( kə-LOHN; German: Köln [kœln] ; Kölsch: Kölle [ˈkœ̂lə] ) is the fourth-most populous city of Germany and the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia with over 1.0 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region.
  • Infobox, Population figure
    1,025,523
  • Infobox, Population year
    Population (2025)
  • Infobox: area
    405.15
  • Infobox, Elevation
    37 m
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    50.93639
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    6.95278
  • Lead paragraph
    Cologne was founded in Germanic Ubii territory in the 1st century AD as the Roman Colonia Agrippina, hence its name.
  • Lead section, founding statement
    Cologne was founded in Germanic Ubii territory in the 1st century AD as the Roman Colonia Agrippina, hence its name.
  • Associated With: Germany, Infobox, Country
    Germany
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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Wikidata: Cologne
Wikidata Q365, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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