Aachen

Aachen (German pronunciation: [ˈʔaːxən] ( listen)), forby kent as Bad Aachen (Ripuarian: Óche, Limburgish: Aoke, French: Aix-la-Chapelle, Dutch: Aken, Latin: Aquisgrana) is a spa toun in North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany, at the fit o the Eifel an Ardennes Plateaus.^[2]

Aachen
Panoramic view o Aachen, includin Kaiser-Karls-Gymnasium (foregrund), ceety haw (back centre) an cathedral (back richt)
Banner Coat airms
Aachen
Location o Aachen athin Aachen destrict
Coordinates: 50°47′N 6°5′E
Kintra	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalie
Admin. region	Cologne
Destrict	Aachen
Govrenment
• Laird Mayor	Marcel Philipp (CDU)
• Governing parties	CDU / SPD
Area
• Total	160.85 km2 (62.10 sq mi)
Population  (2021-12-31)[1]
• Total	249,070
• Density	1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	52062–52080
Diallin codes	0241 / 02405 / 02407 / 02408
Vehicle registration	AC / MON

Internaitional relations

Twin touns an sister ceeties

Aachen is twinned wi:^[3][4]

Liège, Belgium (syne 1955) Reims, Fraunce (1967)[4] Halifax, Wast Yorkshire, Ingland (1979)[4] Toledo, Spain (1985)[4] Ningbo, Cheenae (1986)[4] Naumburg, Germany (1988) Arlington Coonty, Virginie, USA (1993)[4]

Cape Town, Sooth Africae (1999) Kladno, Czechie (2001)[5] Kostroma, Roushie (2005) Rosh HaAyin, Israel (2007)[3] Baltimore, Coonty Cork, Ireland (2010) Sariyer, Turkey (2013)