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The City of Dortmund in Germany (in German it’s Dortmund)

Brief information about the city, postal codes(ZIPs), phone, area, dialling code, international prefix, local time, population as of 2023.


§ Dortmund: brief information about the city

The City of Dortmund, in German Dortmund, with a population size of about 594'000 people is one of the largest cities of Germany, covering an area of 281 km2, the city is located in the western part of Germany in the federated state of North Rhine-Westphalia (The capital of the federated state is the City of Дюссельдорф). The population density of the city is 2'114 people per 1 km2. Dortmund is a metropolitan area with a population size exceeding 5.6 million people. The city is part of the metropolitan region: Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, with a population size of 13.8 million people. Read more at all metropolitan areas and metropolitan cities of Germany.

§ Dortmund population, population density

The table below contains the population statistics for the City of Dortmund versus the mean value per 1 city in Germany. This gives an idea of the city size and its population. Population data is sourced from the Federal Statistical Office of Germany.

The population of the city of Dortmund in 2023.

Feature Value Mean value per 1 city in Germany
Metropolitan area of the city, mln. people 5.6 -
Population size, people 593'317 30'101
Number of men, people 290'847 14'771
Number of women, people 302'470 15'330
City area, km2 281 73
Population density, people per 1 km2 2'114 411

§ Dortmund local time

The City of Dortmund, like all other cities in Germany, has a single time zone, so the exact local time in the City of Dortmund is the same as in all the cities of Germany:

Postal code(s) of the City of Dortmund

The major postal code in the City of Dortmund is 44135 (it consists of 5 digits, like all postal codes in Germany).

However, the following postal codes also apply to the city, depending on the city part: 44137, 44139, 44141, 44143, 44145, 44147, 44149, 44225, 44227, 44229, 44263, 44265, 44267, 44269, 44287, 44289, 44309, 44319, 44328, 44329, 44339, 44357, 44359, 44369, 44379, 44388.

44135

§ City of Dortmund on the map

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§ City of Dortmund phone code (or area, dialling code, international prefix)

For telephone calls to the City of Dortmund, use its telephone code 231. For calls around Germany, dial “0” (to access the DLD, domestic long-distance line) prior to the city code, that is 0 231, and then dial the subscriber's phone number. For calls from other countries, first dial the international access code (which, for example, in UK is: “00”, two zeros), then the code of Germany 49, then the city code 231 and the subscriber's phone number, for example: 00 49 231 1234123.

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The City of Dortmund: population, local time, code, ZIP

The City of Dortmund: population, local time, code, ZIP



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