Villingen-Schwenningen
town with a double name in Schwarzwald-Baar District, Freiburg Government Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (since 1972)
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Villingen-Schwenningen is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Villingen-Schwenningen ranks in the top 3% of urban municipality in germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,268 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Climate Alliance[3], Zweckverband 4IT[4], Mayors for Peace[5]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Schwarzwald-Baar district[6], Villingen-Schwenningen VVG[7]
- Country: Germany[8]
- Located in or next to body of water: Neckar[9]
- Head of government: Jürgen Roth[10]
- Instance of: district capital[11], Greater district town in Baden-Württemberg[12], major regional center[13], town with a double name[14]
- Shares border with: Unterkirnach[15], St. Georgen im Schwarzwald[16], Mönchweiler[17], Königsfeld im Schwarzwald[18], Niedereschach[19], Dauchingen[20], Deißlingen[21], Trossingen[22], Tuningen[23], Bad Dürrheim[24], Brigachtal[25], Donaueschingen[26], Vöhrenbach[27]
- Twinned administrative body: Friedrichsthal[28], Pontarlier[29], La Valette-du-Var[30], Savona[31], Zittau[32]
- Postal code: 78048–78056[33]
- Commons category: Villingen-Schwenningen[34]
- Licence plate code: VS[35]
- Local dialing code: 07425[36], 07705[37], 07720[38], 07721[39]
- Archives at: Stadtarchiv Villingen-Schwenningen[40]
- Inception: January 1, 1972[41]
- Coordinate location: 48.063152, 8.4929618[42]
- Official website: https://www.villingen-schwenningen.de/[43]
- Topic's main category: Category:Villingen-Schwenningen[44]
- Described at URL: https://www.leo-bw.de/en-GB/web/guest/detail-gis/-/Detail/details/ORT/labw_ortslexikon/13957/Villingen-Schwenningen[45]
- Population: 69,229[46], 72,021[47], 72,208[48], 73,976[49], 75,513[50], 76,364[51], 76,680[52], 78,078[53], 80,684[54], 79,522[55], 79,954[56], 81,797[57], 82,368[58], 81,772[59]
Why It Matters
Villingen-Schwenningen has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] Villingen-Schwenningen is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]