Kempten – DE273

EU regions: Germany > Bavaria > Swabia > Kempten

Indicator	Period	Value
Gross domestic product
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	2021	149

More on wikipedia wikidata Q3994 on OpenStreetMap Kempten slovensky: DE273

Demographics

Indicator	Period	Value
Demographics
number of inhabitants	2023	70 056
population density	2022	1104
old-age dependency ratio	2023	34.9

From Wikipedia: Kempten is the largest town of Allgäu, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. The population was about 68,000 in 2016. The area was possibly settled originally by Celts, but was later taken over by the Romans, who called the town Cambodunum. Kempten is the oldest urban settlement (town) in Germany.

History

Pre-Roman

The Greek geographer Strabo mentions in 50 BC a town of the Celtic Estiones named Kambodunon. This is considered the oldest written reference of any German city. So far no archaeological evidence could be found that this Celtic settlement really existed.

Roman era

In 15 BC Roman troops led by Nero Claudius Drusus and his brother Tiberius conquered and destroyed an existing Celtic settlement. Later the settlement was named Cambodunum.

In the following years the city was rebuilt on a classical Roman city plan with baths, forum and temples. Initially in wood, the city was later rebuilt in stone after a devastating fire that destroyed almost the entire city in the year 69 AD. The city possibly served as provincial capital of Raetia during the first century before Augsburg took over this role.

Other: Swabia, Augsburg, Kaufbeuren, Aichach-Friedberg, Neu-Ulm, Lindau, Ostallgäu, Kempten, Memmingen, Dillingen, Donau-Ries, Unterallgäu, Oberallgäu, Augsburg, Günzburg

Neighbours: Oberallgäu

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Kempten – DE273, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PDE273, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164

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