Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region | |
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Map of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main metropolitan region |
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Country | Germany |
States |
Hesse |
Largest Cities |
Frankfurt am Main Darmstadt Mainz Offenbach Wiesbaden |
Government | |
• Type | Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Conurbation Planning Association |
• Verbandsdirektor | Heiko Kasseckert (CDU) |
Area | |
• Metro | 14,800 km2 (5,700 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Metro | 5,821,523 |
• Metro density | 391.89/km2 (1,015.0/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
GRP | 2012 |
Nominal | €172/ $222 billion (6th in EU) |
Website | Planungsverband.de |
Hesse
Rhineland-Palatinate
Bavaria
The Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region, often simply referred to as Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Frankfurt Rhine-Main area or Rhine-Main area (German: Frankfurt/Rhein-Main. abbreviated FRM) is the third largest metropolitan region in Germany (after Ruhr and Berlin), with a total population exceeding 5.8 million. The metropolitan region is located in the central western part of Germany, and stretches over parts of three federal states: Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Bavaria, as well as the cities of Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Offenbach, Mainz, Darmstadt and Aschaffenburg.