RHINE-RUHR

The 'Rhine-Ruhr Area' in Germany ranks among the large metropolitan areas in the world, with 11,233,678 people. It lies completely within the federal state North Rhine-Westphalia and spreads from the Ruhr area megalopolis in the north to the urban areas of the cities of Düsseldorf (provincial capital), Wuppertal, Cologne and Bonn in the south.
There are many different definitions of what belongs to the Rhine-Ruhr area, but the metropolitan area itself has officially defined borders with Hamm in the east, Mönchengladbach in the west and Bonn in the south. The northern border is similar to the one of the Ruhr area.

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Largest and most important Cities of the Rhine-Ruhr Area

Cities with more than 500,000 inhabitants

Ruhr area (Westphalian part)

Ruhr area (Rhenish part)

Rhine Valley

Cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants

Ruhr area (Westphalian part)

Ruhr area (Rhenish part)

Bergisches Land

Rhine Valley

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Largest and most important Cities of the Rhine-Ruhr Area

Düsseldorf (state capital) 581.858

Cologne 989.766

Dortmund 587.830

Cities with more than 500,000 inhabitants

Ruhr area (Westphalian part)

Dortmund (population: 587.830)

Ruhr area (Rhenish part)

Duisburg (population: 502.522)
Essen (population: 581.406)

Rhine Valley

Düsseldorf (provincial capital) (population: 581.858)
Cologne (population: 989.766)

Cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants

Ruhr area (Westphalian 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