Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis – DE71D

EU regions: Germany > Hesse > Darmstadt Government Region > Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

Indicator	Period	Value
Gross domestic product
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	2021	72

More on wikipedia wikidata Q7907 on OpenStreetMap Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis slovensky: DE71D

Demographics

Indicator	Period	Value
Demographics
number of inhabitants	2023	189 614
population density	2022	235.5
old-age dependency ratio	2023	38.2

population pyramid of DE71D Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

From Wikipedia: Rheingau-Taunus is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Limburg-Weilburg, Hochtaunuskreis, Main-Taunus-Kreis, district-free Wiesbaden, Mainz-Bingen, Rhein-Lahn.

History

The district was created in 1977 by merging the Rheingau and Untertaunus districts.

Geography

The district covers the western part of the Taunus mountains. The river Rhine forms the district's border in the south.

Politics

District council

Recent district elections had the following results:

Coat of arms

The coat of arms combines the coat of arms of the two former districts – in the bottom right the Mainz wheel taken from the Rheingau district, in the top left the lion of Nassau from the former Untertaunuskreis.

Other: Darmstadt Government Region, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Groß-Gerau, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Odenwald, Offenbach, Main-Taunus-Kreis, Wiesbaden, Wetteraukreis, Offenbach am Main, Frankfurt, Hochtaunuskreis, Darmstadt, Landkreis Bergstraße, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

Neighbours: Mainz-Bingen district, Limburg-Weilburg, Wiesbaden, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Hochtaunuskreis, Main-Taunus-Kreis

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis – DE71D, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/PDE71D, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164

https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/eu-regions/DE71D