Leverkusen
city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Summary
Leverkusen is a big city[1]. Leverkusen draws 5,174 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #140 of 300).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia[3], Climate Alliance[4], Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen[5], Landschaftsverband Rheinland[6]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Cologne Government Region[7]
- Country: Germany[8]
- Head of government: Uwe Richrath[9]
- Instance of: urban municipality in Germany[10], urban district of North Rhine-Westphalia[11]
- Shares border with: Cologne[12], Mettmann[13], Burscheid[14], Rhein-Berg District[15]
- Named after: Carl Leverkus[16]
- Twinned administrative body: Schwedt/Oder[17], Oulu[18], Ljubljana[19], Nazareth[20], Chinandega[21], Villeneuve-d'Ascq[22], Racibórz[23], Wuxi[24], Bracknell Forest[25]
- Postal code: 51368–51381[26]
- Commons category: Leverkusen[27]
- Licence plate code: LEV[28]
- Local dialing code: 0214[29]
- Archives at: Stadtarchiv Leverkusen[30]
- Inception: 1930[31]
- Coordinate location: 51.033333333333, 6.9833333333333[32]
- Official website: https://www.leverkusen.de/[33]
- Topic's main category: Category:Leverkusen[34]
- Commons gallery: Leverkusen[35]
- Described at URL: https://www.kek-online.de/medienkonzentration/mediendatenbank/#/profile/shareholder/5be1a6b6-80aa-4b72-8905-d142f490c4d7[36]
- Population: 162,738[37], 163,113[38], 163,577[39], 165,947[40], 163,838[41], 163,905[42], 163,851[43], 165,748[44], 166,414[45], 175,300[46], 168,581[47], 168,299[48]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[49]
- Official name: Leverkusen[50]
- Category for people born here: Q15069756[51]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Leverkusen[52]
- Female population: 84,051[53], 84,066[54]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Leverkusen include Leverkusen Bridge[55], a road bridge[56], in Germany[57], founded in 1965[58].
Why It Matters
Leverkusen has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] Leverkusen is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]
Entities named for Leverkusen include Leverkusen Bridge[55], a road bridge[56], in Germany[57], founded in 1965[58].