Mainz
Mainz | |
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![]() Mainz Auld Toun View frae the citadel (2003) | |
Coordinates: 50°0′0″N 8°16′16″E / 50.00000°N 8.27111°ECoordinates: 50°0′0″N 8°16′16″E / 50.00000°N 8.27111°E | |
Kintra | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
Destrict | Urban destrict |
Foondit | 13 BC |
Subdivisions | 15 burghs |
Govrenment | |
• Laird Mayor | Michael Ebling (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 97.75 km2 (37.74 sq mi) |
Population (2021-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 217,556 |
• Density | 2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC 1/ 2) |
Postal codes | 55001–55131 |
Diallin codes | 06131, 06136 |
Vehicle registration | MZ |
Website | www.mainz.de |
Mainz (German: [maɪ̯nt͡s] ( listen); Laitin: Mogontiacum, French: Mayence) is a ceety in Germany an the caipital o the German federal state o Rhineland-Palatinate. It wis a poleetically important seat o the Prince-elector o Mainz (see: Airchbishopric o Mainz) unner the Holy Roman Empire, an previously wis a Roman fort ceety which commandit the wast bank o the Rhine an formit pairt o the northmaist frontier o the Roman Empire. Mainz is locatit on the river Rhine athort frae Wiesbaden, in the wastren pairt o the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Region; in the modren age, Frankfurt shares hintle o its regional importance.
Mainz wis foondit as a militar post bi the Romans in the late 1st century BC. The first European beuks printit uisin movable type wur manufactured in Mainz bi Gutenberg in the early 1450s. Up till the twintiet century, Mainz wis uisually referred tae in Inglis as Mayence.
Internaitional relations
[eedit | eedit soorce]Mainz is twinned wi:
Watford, Unitit Kinrick, syne 1956
Dijon, Fraunce, syne 1957
Longchamp, Fraunce, wi Mainz-Laubenheim, syne 1966
Zagreb, Croatie, syne 1967
Rodeneck, Italy, wi Mainz-Finthen, syne 1977
Valencie, Spain, syne 1978
Haifa, Israel, syne 1981
Erfurt, umwhile East Germany, syne 1988
Baku, Azerbaijan, syne 1984
Louisville, Kentucky, Unitit States, syne 1994
References an notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand 2021, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2022.
- ↑ Landeshauptstadt Mainz. "Einwohner_nach_Stadtteilen" (PDF) (in German). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 3 Mairch 2012. Retrieved 25 Apryle 2007.
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