Leverkusen

city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Leverkusen

Summary

Leverkusen is a big city[1]. Leverkusen draws 4,328 Wikipedia views per month (big_city category, ranking #140 of 300).[2]

Key Facts

  • Leverkusen was a member of association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia[3].
  • Leverkusen was a member of Climate Alliance[4].
  • Leverkusen was a member of Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen[5].
  • Leverkusen was a member of Landschaftsverband Rheinland[6].
  • Leverkusen is located in Cologne Government Region[7].
  • Leverkusen is in the country of Germany[8].
  • Leverkusen's head of government is recorded as Uwe Richrath[9].
  • Leverkusen's instance of is recorded as big city[10].
  • Leverkusen's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany[11].
  • Leverkusen's instance of is recorded as urban district of North Rhine-Westphalia[12].
  • Leverkusen's shares border with is recorded as Cologne[13].
  • Leverkusen's shares border with is recorded as Mettmann[14].
  • Leverkusen's shares border with is recorded as Burscheid[15].
  • Leverkusen's shares border with is recorded as Rhein-Berg District[16].
  • Carl Leverkus is named after Leverkusen[17].
  • Leverkusen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Schwedt/Oder[18].
  • Leverkusen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Oulu[19].
  • Leverkusen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ljubljana[20].
  • Leverkusen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nazareth[21].
  • Leverkusen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chinandega[22].
  • Leverkusen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Villeneuve-d'Ascq[23].
  • Leverkusen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Racibórz[24].
  • Leverkusen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Wuxi[25].
  • Leverkusen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bracknell Forest[26].
  • Leverkusen's postal code is recorded as 51368–51381[27].

Body

Geography

Leverkusen is in the country of Germany[8]. Leverkusen is located in Cologne Government Region[7].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+162738'}[28], {'amount': '+163113'}[29], {'amount': '+163577'}[30], {'amount': '+165947'}[31], {'amount': '+163838'}[32], and {'amount': '+163905'}[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include big city[10], urban municipality in Germany[11], and urban district of North Rhine-Westphalia[12].

History and Context

1930 marks the founding of Leverkusen[34]. Carl Leverkus is named after Leverkusen[17].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Leverkusen include Leverkusen Bridge[35], a road bridge[36], in Germany[37], founded in 1965[38].

Why It Matters

Leverkusen draws 4,328 Wikipedia views per month (big_city category, ranking #140 of 300).[2] Leverkusen has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Leverkusen is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for Leverkusen include Leverkusen Bridge[35], a road bridge[36], in Germany[37], founded in 1965[38].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · KaDiWa · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → Leverkusen
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1705]]: Leverkusen"
  2. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+162738'}, {'amount': '+163113'}, {'amount': '+163577'} +9
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/51891|batch #51891]]: einwohnerzahlen2025"
  3. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → leverkusen
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: leverkusen, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289940899|leverkusen (#289940899)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  4. 14w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+162738'}, {'amount': '+163113'}, {'amount': '+163577'} +9
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39115|batch #39115]]: einwohnerzahlen2024"
  5. 16w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2135598, 5683817
    Located in → —
    Male population → {'amount': '+79787'}, {'amount': '+79839'}
    Member of → association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia, Climate Alliance, Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen +1
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36128|batch #36128]]"
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