Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis - DEB3I

EU regions: Germany > Rhineland-Palatinate > Rheinhessen-Pfalz > Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis

indicator	period	value
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	2016	57
number of inhabitants	2018	153 629
population density	2017	521.6
old-age dependency ratio	2018	35.1

* Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis slovensky: DEB3I

From wikipedia:

The Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis is a district (Kreis) in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) the district-free city Worms, the district Bergstraße, district-free Mannheim, Frankenthal and Ludwigshafen, Rhein-Neckar, district-free Speyer, the districts Karlsruhe, Germersheim, Südliche Weinstraße and Bad Dürkheim.

History

The district was created in 1886 under the name Bezirksamt Ludwigshafen, one of the last acts of king Ludwig II of Bavaria. The population in the area around Speyer had grown significantly, which made the splitting of the Bezirksamt Speyer necessary. In 1969, the Speyer and Ludwigshafen districts and parts of the Frankenthal and Neustadt districts were merged again to form the new Ludwigshafen district.

On May 19, 2003 the district parliament passed a resolution to rename the district "Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis" starting in 2004.

Partnerships

The district started it first partnership in 1964 with the municipalities Schnals and Naturns in Italy. The Speyer district had a partnership with Schlanders and Martell, also in Italy, which were taken over after the merging of the district. As part of the partnership of Rhineland-Palatinate with Rwanda the district has a partnership with the municipality of Kinyami starting in 1983. After the German reunification the district supported the Saalkreis in Saxony-Anhalt in modernising the administration to western standard, which resulted in a friendship between the two districts.

other: Rheinhessen-Pfalz, Landau in der Pfalz, Ludwigshafen, Mainz, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Pirmasens, Speyer, Worms, Frankenthal, Zweibrücken, Alzey-Worms, Bad Dürkheim, Donnersbergkreis, Germersheim, Landkreis Kaiserslautern, Kusel, Südliche Weinstraße, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Mainz-Bingen, Kaiserslautern, Südwestpfalz

neighbours: Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Rhein-Neckar, Ludwigshafen, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Speyer, Worms, Frankenthal, Bad Dürkheim, Germersheim, Südliche Weinstraße, Kreis Bergstraße

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