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

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


§ Gelsenkirchen: brief information about the city

The City of Gelsenkirchen, in German Gelsenkirchen, with a population size of about 263'000 people is one of the largest cities of Germany, covering an area of 105 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 2'506 people per 1 km2. 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.

§ Gelsenkirchen population, population density

The table below contains the population statistics for the City of Gelsenkirchen 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 Gelsenkirchen in 2023.

Feature Value Mean value per 1 city in Germany
Population size, people 263'000 30'101
Number of men, people 130'545 14'771
Number of women, people 132'455 15'330
City area, km2 105 73
Population density, people per 1 km2 2'506 411

§ Gelsenkirchen local time

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

Postal code(s) of the City of Gelsenkirchen

The major postal code in the City of Gelsenkirchen is 45879 (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: 45881, 45883, 45884, 45886, 45888, 45889, 45891, 45892, 45894, 45896, 45897, 45899.

45879

§ City of Gelsenkirchen on the map

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

For telephone calls to the City of Gelsenkirchen, use its telephone code 209. For calls around Germany, dial “0” (to access the DLD, domestic long-distance line) prior to the city code, that is 0 209, 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 209 and the subscriber's phone number, for example: 00 49 209 1234123.

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