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Rhine-ruhr




There are many different definitions of what belongs to the Rhine-Ruhr area: As a result of suburban sprawl, today some people include 130 towns and cities and say the most northern town of Rhine-Ruhr would be Dülmen , the most eastern Soest , the most southern Bad Honnef , and the most western Venlo in the Netherlands . The "Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area" in such a definition is the base for over 300,000 companies and 45 universities.


CITIES WITH MORE THAN 500,000 INHABITANTS


Ruhr Area (Westfalian part)

Dortmund


Ruhr area (Rhenish part)


Duisburg , Essen


Rhine Valley


Cologne , Düsseldorf


CITIES WITH MORE THAN 100,000 INHABITANTS


Ruhr Area (Westfalian part)


Bochum , Bottrop , Gelsenkirchen , Hagen , Hamm , Herne , Iserlohn , Recklinghausen , Witten


Ruhr area (Rhenish part)


Moers , Mülheim An Der Ruhr , Oberhausen


Bergisches Land


Bergisch-Gladbach , Remscheid , Solingen , Wuppertal


Rhine Valley


Bonn , Krefeld , Leverkusen , Mönchengladbach , Neuss


SOURCES

  • http://www.megacities.uni-koeln.de