Porz

Name	Porz
Settlement type	7th District of Cologne
Image shield	Wappen-Porz.svg
Shield size	75px
Map caption	Location of Porz shown in red
Subdivision type	Country
Subdivision name	Germany
Subdivision type1	Federal state
Subdivision name1	North Rhine-Westphalia
Subdivision type2	City
Subdivision name2	Cologne
Area total km2	78.8
Population total	106,520
Population as of	December 2008
Population density km2	1352

Wahn]] Porz () is a city district or Stadtbezirk of Cologne, Germany. It is situated on the right side of the Rhine in the south-east of the city. Porz is the largest borough of Cologne by area at 78,87 km² and has 107,500 inhabitants.

Porz borders with the Cologne boroughs of Kalk and Innenstadt to the North, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis and Rhein-Sieg-Kreis to the East and South, and the Rhine to the West. On the other riverbank lies the Cologne borough of Rodenkirchen.

History

In 1951 the former independent town of Porz was awarded the town privileges (). In the course of the local government reform in the 1970s in North Rhine-Westphalia, Porz was incorporated with Cologne.

Subdivisions

Porz consists of 16 Stadtteile (city parts):

{| class="wikitable sortable" |----- !# !City part !Population (2009) !Area (km²) !Pop. per km² !valign="top" class="unsortable"|map |- align="right" | align="left" | 701 || align="left" | Poll || 11,141 || 5,17 || 2,156 || rowspan="16" | |- align="right" | align="left" | 702 || align="left" | Westhoven || 4,604 || 4,22 || 1,092 |- align="right" | align="left" | 703 || align="left" | Ensen || 6,860 || 1,62 || 4,233 |- align="right" | align="left" | 704 || align="left" | Gremberghoven || 2,842 || 5,83 || 487 |- align="right" | align="left" | 705 || align="left" | Eil || 8,813 || 16,2 || 543 |- align="right" | align="left" | 706 || align="left" | Porz || 13,785 || 3,12 || 4,420 |- align="right" | align="left" | 707 || align="left" | Urbach || 11,970 || 2,29 || 5,220 |- align="right" | align="left" | 708 || align="left" | Elsdorf || 1,480 || 1,77 || 838 |- align="right" | align="left" | 709 || align="left" | Grengel || 5,202 || 10,7 || 487 |- align="right" | align="left" | 710 || align="left" | Wahnheide || 7,638 || 2,88 || 2,655 |- align="right" | align="left" | 711 || align="left" | Wahn || 6,076 || 2,26 || 2,684 |- align="right" | align="left" | 712 || align="left" | Lind || 3,378 || 2,25 || 1,503 |- align="right" | align="left" | 713 || align="left" | Libur || 1,106 || 6,38 || 173 |- align="right" | align="left" | 714 || align="left" | Zündorf || 12,060 || 8,12 || 1,485 |- align="right" | align="left" | 715 || align="left" | Langel || 3,201 || 5,33 || 601 |- align="right" | align="left" | 716 || align="left" | Finkenberg || 6,377 || 0,64 || 9,998 |- | colspan="6" | source: Die Kölner Stadtteile in Zahlen 2010 |}

Economy

Organisations based in Porz include: The German Aerospace Center, TÜV Rheinland, The European Astronaut Centre of the European Space Agency and part of Cologne-Bonn airport. Engine manufacturer Deutz AG has an R&D; facility in Porz. Since the beginning of the 20th Century, Porz has also been known for its glass manufacture.

Transportation

Porz is served by numerous railway stations and highway. Train station include Porz (Rhein), Porz-Wahn, Köln-Steinstraße and Köln-Airport Business Park, as well as numerous light rail stations of Cologne Stadtbahn line 7. The Bundesautobahn 59 and 559 connect Porz with the Cologne Beltway.

Twin towns — sister cities

Porz is "twinned" with the following cities:

* Dunstable, United Kingdom

References

External links

Official webpage of the district

! Category:Boroughs and quarters of Cologne