Bielefeld

Bielefeld
City
Old Townhall
Flag Coat of arms
Districts of Bielefeld
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Coordinates: 52°1′N 8°32′E / 52.017°N 8.533°E / 52.017; 8.533Coordinates: 52°1′N 8°32′E / 52.017°N 8.533°E / 52.017; 8.533
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Urban district
Founded	1214
Subdivisions	10 districts
Government
• Mayor	Pit Clausen (SPD)
Area
• Total	257.8 km² (99.5 sq mi)
Elevation	118 m (387 ft)
Population (2020-12-31)^[1]
• Total	333,509
• Density	1,300/km² (3,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	33501-33739
Dialling codes	0521, 05202-05209
Vehicle registration	BI
Website	www.bielefeld.de

Bielefeld (German pronunciation: [ˈbiːləfɛlt] (listen); Low German: Builefeld) is a city in northwest Germany, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Bielefeld has about 327,000 people living there. It has a university.

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500,000+	Bremen Dortmund Dresden Düsseldorf Essen Frankfurt Hanover Leipzig Nuremberg Stuttgart
200,000+	Aachen Augsburg Bielefeld Bochum Bonn Braunschweig Chemnitz Duisburg Erfurt Freiburg im Breisgau Gelsenkirchen Halle (Saale) Karlsruhe Kiel Krefeld Lübeck Magdeburg Mainz Mannheim Münster Mönchengladbach Oberhausen Rostock Wiesbaden Wuppertal
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Urban districts	Aachen • Bielefeld • Bochum • Bonn • Bottrop • Dortmund • Duisburg • Düsseldorf • Essen • Gelsenkirchen • Hagen • Hamm • Herne • Köln (Cologne) • Krefeld • Leverkusen • Mönchengladbach • Mülheim • Münster • Oberhausen • Remscheid • Solingen • Wuppertal
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