Düsseldorf (region)

Düsseldorf is one of the five Regierungsbezirke of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the north-west of the country. It covers the western part of the Ruhr Area, as well as the Niederrheinische Tiefebene, the lower Rhine area. It is the most populated of all German administrative areas of the kind. It is the only area in Germany where the traditional dialects are Low Franconian, rather than Low German or High German.

Düsseldorf Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf
Regierungsbezirk
Map of North Rhine-Westphalia highlighting Düsseldorf
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Region seat	Düsseldorf
Government
• District President	Thomas Schürmann (Greens)
Area
• Total	5,289.81 km2 (2,042.41 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2023)[1]
• Total	5,238,909
• Density	990/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
GDP [2]
• Total	€246.561 billion (2022)
Website	bezreg-duesseldorf.nrw.de

It was created as a subdivision of the Prussian Rhineland when Prussia reformed its internal administration in 1815. In 1822 the Regierungsbezirk Kleve was incorporated into Regierungbezirk Düsseldorf.

Its highest point is the Brodtberg (378 m).

Kreise (districts)	Kreisfreie Städte (district-free towns)
Cleves (Kleve) Mettmann Neuss Viersen Wesel	Duisburg Düsseldorf Essen Krefeld Mönchengladbach Mülheim Oberhausen Remscheid Solingen Wuppertal

Economy

The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was 215.7 billion € in 2018, accounting for 6.4% of German economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 38,100 € or 126% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 108% of the EU average.^[3]