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Rhine-Main region

Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region
Map of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main metropolitan region
Map of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main metropolitan region
Country  Germany
States

 Hesse
 Rhineland-Palatinate
 Bavaria


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.


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