Frankfurt
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 Frankfurt am Main
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Location of Frankfurt am Main within Hessen
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| Coordinates: 50°7′N 8°41′E / 50.117°N 8.683°ECoordinates: 50°7′N 8°41′E / 50.117°N 8.683°E | ||||||
| Country | Germany | |||||
| State | Hesse | |||||
| Admin. region | Darmstadt | |||||
| District | Urban district | |||||
| Founded | 1st century | |||||
| Government | ||||||
| • Lord Mayor | Peter Feldmann (SPD) | |||||
| • Governing parties | CDU / SPD / Greens | |||||
| Area | ||||||
| • City | 248.31 km2 (95.87 sq mi) | |||||
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||||||
| • City | 732,688 | |||||
| • Density | 3,000/km2 (7,600/sq mi) | |||||
| • Urban | 2,319,029 | |||||
| • Metro | 5,604,523 | |||||
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |||||
| Postal codes | 60001–60599, 65901–65936 | |||||
| Dialling codes | 069, 06109, 06101 | |||||
| Vehicle registration | F | |||||
| Website | www.frankfurt.de | |||||
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| Largest groups of foreign residents | |
| Nationality | Population (2014) |
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 Turkey
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27,100 |
 Italy
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14,608 |
 Croatia
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13,873 |
 Poland
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13,769 |
 Romania
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9,054 |
 Serbia
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8,924 |
 Bulgaria
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6,903 |
 Spain
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6,798 |
 Greece
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6,524 |
 Morocco
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5,803 |
Frankfurt am Main (German pronunciation: [ˈfʁaŋkfʊɐ̯t am ˈmaɪ̯n]) is a metropolis and the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2015 population of 731,095 within its administrative boundaries, and 2.3 million in its urban area. The city is at the centre of the larger Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region, which has a population of 5.8 million and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after Rhine-Ruhr. Since the enlargement of the European Union in 2013, the geographic centre of the EU is about 40 km (25 mi) to the east of Frankfurt's CBD, the Bankenviertel.
Frankfurt is an alpha world city and a global hub for commerce, culture, education, tourism and traffic. Frankfurt Airport is among the world's busiest. Frankfurt is the major financial centre of the European continent, with the HQs of the European Central Bank, German Federal Bank, , Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, DZ Bank, KfW, several cloud and fintech startups and other institutes. Frankfurt's DE-CIX is the world's largest internet exchange point. Messe Frankfurt is one of the world's largest trade fairs. Major fairs include the Frankfurt Motor Show, the world's largest motor show, and the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's largest book fair.
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