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Location of Aachen within Aachen district | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: 50°46′32″N 06°05′01″E / 50.77556°N 6.08361°ECoordinates: 50°46′32″N 06°05′01″E / 50.77556°N 6.08361°E | ||||||||||
| Country | Germany | |||||||||
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||||||||
| Admin. region | Cologne | |||||||||
| District | Aachen | |||||||||
| Government | ||||||||||
| • Lord mayor | Sibylle Keupen (Greens) | |||||||||
| • Governing parties | CDU / SPD | |||||||||
| Area | ||||||||||
| • Total | 160.85 km2 (62.10 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 173 m (568 ft) | |||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | |||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | |||||||||
| Postal codes | 52062–52080 | |||||||||
| Vehicle registration | AC / MON | |||||||||
| Website | aachen | |||||||||
Aachen (/ˈɑːxən/German: [ˈʔaːxn̩] (
listen); Aachen dialect: Oche [ˈɔːxə]; French and traditional English: Aix-la-ChapelleFrench: [ɛks la ʃapɛl]; Latin: Aquae Granni or Aquisgranum; Dutch: Aken) is a German city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has about 260,000 inhabitants and a well-known university, the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH). It is also the location of the 1944 Battle of Aachen during World War II where the United States fought Nazi Germany .
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