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

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


§ Göttingen: brief information about the city

The City of Göttingen, in German Göttingen, with a population size of about 119'000 people is one of the largest cities of Germany, covering an area of 117 km2, the city is located in the western part of Germany in the federated state of Lower Saxony (The capital of the federated state is the City of Ганновер). The population density of the city is 1'016 people per 1 km2. The city is part of the metropolitan region: Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg metropolitan region, with a population size of 3.8 million people. Read more at all metropolitan areas and metropolitan cities of Germany.

§ Göttingen population, population density

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

Feature Value Mean value per 1 city in Germany
Population size, people 118'946 30'101
Number of men, people 57'751 14'771
Number of women, people 61'195 15'330
City area, km2 117 73
Population density, people per 1 km2 1'016 411

§ Göttingen local time

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

Postal code(s) of the City of Göttingen

The major postal code in the City of Göttingen is 37083 (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: 37073, 37075, 37077, 37079, 37081, 37085.

37083

§ City of Göttingen on the map

To open the map to view the location of the city, click the next button. To open the map in full screen mode, click the button at the top right of the map.

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

For telephone calls to the City of Göttingen, use its telephone code 551. For calls around Germany, dial “0” (to access the DLD, domestic long-distance line) prior to the city code, that is 0 551, 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 551 and the subscriber's phone number, for example: 00 49 551 1234123.

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