Rhein-Neckar – DE128

EU regions: Germany > Baden-Württemberg > Karlsruhe Government Region > Rhein-Neckar

Indicator	Period	Value
Gross domestic product
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	2022	109

More on wikipedia wikidata Q8177 on OpenStreetMap Rhein-Neckar slovensky: DE128

Demographics

Indicator	Period	Value
Demographics
number of inhabitants	2024	557 819
population density	2023	528.5
old-age dependency ratio	2024	35.8

From Wikipedia:

This article is about the German district Rhein-Neckar-Kreis. See also the greater Rhine Neckar area in Germany.

Rhein-Neckar-Kreis is a Landkreis (district) in the northwest of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Bergstraße, Odenwaldkreis, Neckar-Odenwald, Heilbronn, Karlsruhe, the independent city of Speyer, the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, and the independent cities of Mannheim and Heidelberg. The administrative headquarters are based in the city of Heidelberg, which does not form part of the district itself.

History

The district was created in 1973 by merging the previous districts of Heidelberg, Mannheim and a big part of Sinsheim.

Geography

It is named after the two main rivers which flow through the district, the Rhine and Neckar. The highest elevation is the Stiefelhöhe, near Heiligkreuzsteinach, with 583 m in the Odenwald mountains, the lowest elevation with 92 m is near Ilvesheim in the Neckar valley.

Government

The district is governed by a district assembly (Kreistag) and a district executive (Landrat). The eligible voters of the district elect the Kreistag every 5 years. This body in turn elects the Landrat every 8 years.

Other: Karlsruhe Government Region, Karlsruhe, Landkreis Karlsruhe, Rastatt district, Heidelberg, Neckar-Odenwald, Rhein-Neckar, Calw District, Enz district, Freudenstadt, Mannheim, Baden-Baden, Pforzheim

Neighbours: Odenwald, Rhein-Pfalz, Landkreis Karlsruhe, Heilbronn, Mannheim, Landkreis Bergstraße, Speyer, Neckar-Odenwald, Heidelberg

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Rhein-Neckar – DE128, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PDE128, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164

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