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| name                    = Cologne
| native_name             =  {{lang|de|Regierungsbezirk Köln}}
| native_name_lang        = de
| settlement_type         = [[Regierungsbezirk]]
| image_map               = North rhine w rb K.svg
| map_caption             = Map of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] highlighting Cologne
| coordinates             = 
| coor_pinpoint           = 
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Germany]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[States of Germany|State]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]
| established_title       = 
| established_date        = 
| extinct_title           = Disestablished
| extinct_date            = 
| seat_type               = Region seat
| seat                    = [[Cologne]]
| leader_party             = [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
| leader_name              = Thomas Wilk
| leader_title             = [[Regierungspräsident (Germany)|District President]]
| area_total_km2          = 7364.71
| population_footnotes    = {{#tag:ref| {{Population Germany|key=053|datref=QUELLE}} }}
| population_total        = {{Population Germany|key=053 }}
| population_as_of        = {{#time:j F Y|{{Population Germany|key=053|datref=STAND}} }} 
| population_density_km2  = auto
| demographics_type1       = GDP
| demographics1_footnotes  = <ref>{{cite web | url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tgs00003/default/table?lang=en | title=EU regions by GDP, Eurostat|access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref>
|demographics1_title1     = Total
|demographics1_info1      = €215.932 billion (2022)
| website                 = [http://www.bezreg-koeln.nrw.de/ bezreg-koeln.nrw.de]
}}
'''Cologne''' is one of the five administrative districts ({{lang|de|[[Regierungsbezirk]]}}) of the German [[States of Germany|state]] of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]. It is located in the south-west of the state and covers the hills of the [[Eifel]] as well as the [[Bergisches Land]].

It was created on 30 April 1815, as district of the [[province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg]], when [[Prussia]] reorganised its internal administration. In 1972 the [[Aachen district]] was incorporated.

{|
! width="50%" | ''Kreise''<br />(districts)
! width="50%" | ''Kreisfreie Städte''<br />(district-free towns)
|-
| valign="top" |
# [[Aachen (district)|Aachen]]
# [[Düren (district)|Düren]]
# [[Euskirchen (district)|Euskirchen]]
# [[Heinsberg (district)|Heinsberg]]
# [[Oberbergischer Kreis]]
# [[Rhein-Erft-Kreis]]
# [[Rhein-Sieg-Kreis]]
# [[Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis]]
| valign="top" |
# [[Aachen]]
# [[Bonn]]
# [[Cologne]]
# [[Leverkusen]]
|}

== Economy ==
The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was 190.8 billion € in 2018, accounting for 5.7% of German economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 39,300 € or 130% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 110% of the EU average.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/10474907/1-05032020-AP-EN.pdf/81807e19-e4c8-2e53-c98a-933f5bf30f58|title=Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018|website=Eurostat}}</ref>

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.bezreg-koeln.nrw.de}}

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[[Category:Geography of North Rhine-Westphalia]]
[[Category:Rhineland]]
[[Category:Government regions of Germany]]
[[Category:Government regions of Prussia]]
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