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Darmstadt, Germany

Darmstadt
Central Darmstadt
Central Darmstadt
Flag of Darmstadt
Flag
Coat of arms of Darmstadt
Coat of arms
Darmstadt   is located in Germany
Darmstadt
Darmstadt
Coordinates: 49°52′N 8°39′E / 49.867°N 8.650°E / 49.867; 8.650Coordinates: 49°52′N 8°39′E / 49.867°N 8.650°E / 49.867; 8.650
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Darmstadt
District Urban district
Government
 • Lord Mayor Jochen Partsch (Alliance '90/The Greens)
Area
 • Total 122.23 km2 (47.19 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 155,353
 • Density 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 64283–64297
Dialling codes 06151, 06150
Vehicle registration DA
Website www.darmstadt.de
Largest groups of foreign residents
Nationality Population (2015)
 Turkey 4,796
 Italy 2,123
 Poland 1,642
 India 1,258
 China 1,003
 Morocco 954
 Spain 771
 Portugal 567

Darmstadt (German pronunciation: [ˈdaʁmʃtat]) is a city in the state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has a population around 150,000 (2013). The Darmstadt Larger Urban Zone has 430,993 inhabitants.

Darmstadt holds the official title "City of Science" (German: Wissenschaftsstadt) as it is a major centre of scientific institutions, universities, and high-technology companies. The European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) is located in Darmstadt, as well as GSI Centre for Heavy Ion Research, where several chemical elements such as bohrium (1981), meitnerium (1982), hassium (1984), darmstadtium (1994), roentgenium (1994), and copernicium (1996) were discovered. The existence of the following elements were also confirmed at GSI Centre for Heavy Ion Research: nihonium (2012), flerovium (2009), moscovium (2012), livermorium (2010), and tennessine (2012). Darmstadt is also the seat of the world's oldest pharmaceutical company, Merck, which is the city's largest employer.


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