Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region

Also known as Rhine-Main Region

metropolitan region in Germany

Key facts

Country: Germany
States: Hesse , Rhineland-Palatinate , Bavaria
Largest cities: Frankfurt am Main , Wiesbaden , Mainz , Darmstadt
Established: 1 April 2001
Type: Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Conurbation Planning Association
Verbandsdirektor: Thomas Horn ( CDU )
Metro: 14,755 km (5,697 sq mi)
Metro density: 400.40/km (1,037.0/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+1 ( CET )
Website: region-frankfurt.de

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Wikidata facts

Population: 4149000

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The Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region, often simply referred to as Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Frankfurt Rhine-Main area or Rhine-Main area (German: Rhein-Main-Gebiet, Frankfurt/Rhein-Main or FrankfurtRheinMain, abbreviated FRM), is the third-largest metropolitan region in Germany after Rhine-Ruhr and Berlin-Brandenburg, with a total population exceeding 5.9 million. The metropolitan region is located in the central-western part of Germany, and stretches over parts of three German states: Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Bavaria. The largest cities in the region are Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Darmstadt, Offenbach, Worms, Hanau, and Aschaffenburg.

The polycentric region is named after its core city, Frankfurt, and the two rivers Rhine and Main. The Frankfurt Rhine-Main area is officially designated as a European Metropolitan region by the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs and covers an area of roughly 13,000 square kilometers (5,000 sq mi).