Remscheid

city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Place big_city Q3097
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Summary

Remscheid is a big city[1]. Remscheid draws 3,163 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #226 of 300).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Climate Alliance[3], Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen[4], Landschaftsverband Rheinland[5]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Düsseldorf Government Region[6]
  • Country: Germany[7]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Wupper[8]
  • Head of government: Sven Wolf[9]
  • Instance of: urban municipality in Germany[10], urban district of North Rhine-Westphalia[11]
  • Shares border with: Wuppertal[12], Wermelskirchen[13], Hückeswagen[14], Solingen[15], Oberbergischer Kreis[16], Rhein-Berg District[17]
  • Twinned administrative body: Quimper[18], Wansbeck[19], Pirna[20], Prešov[21], Schmalkalden[22]
  • Postal code: 42853[23]
  • Commons category: Remscheid[24]
  • Licence plate code: RS[25]
  • Local dialing code: 02191[26]
  • Official website: https://www.remscheid.de/[27]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Remscheid[28]
  • Commons gallery: Remscheid[29]
  • Described at URL: https://www.kek-online.de/medienkonzentration/mediendatenbank/#/profile/shareholder/5be1a6b6-530e-4134-a449-5f7f8de306f9[30]
  • Population: 109,499[31], 110,611[32], 110,584[33], 133,145[34], 110,994[35], 111,770[36], 112,613[37], 112,970[38], 113,828[39], 113,333[40]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[41]
  • Contains settlement: Flügel[42], Halbach[43], Hilbertshammer[44], Garschagen[45]
  • Official name: Remscheid[46]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Remscheid[47]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Remscheid[48]
  • Female population: 56,330[49]
  • Male population: 54,664[50]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Remscheid[51]

Body

Physical Characteristics

Areas include 74.6 km²[52] and 74.52 km²[53]. Elevations include 365 m[54] and 328 m[55].

Why It Matters

Remscheid has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Remscheid is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . rp-online.de. rp-online.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] ↑ . klimabuendnis.org. klimabuendnis.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [4] ↑ . staedtetag-nrw.de. Retrieved . staedtetag-nrw.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [5] ↑ . lvr.de. Retrieved . lvr.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . destatis.de. destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . DESTATIS 1975. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . statistikportal.de. Retrieved . statistikportal.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . register of German municipalities (4th quarter 2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . register of German municipalities (2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . register of German municipalities (2023). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Q137944348. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Q141265959. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . destatis.de. destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . destatis.de. destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [53] ↑ . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Jeuwre · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 89
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'ast', 'avk', 'az', 'azb', 'ban', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ce
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  2. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+109499'}, {'amount': '+110611'}, {'amount': '+110584'} +7
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  3. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 91209
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  4. 17w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in or next to body of water → Wupper
    Located in → —
    Male population → {'amount': '+54664'}
    Member of → Climate Alliance, Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen, Landschaftsverband Rheinland
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