"Groningen (/ˈɡroʊnɪŋən/, also UK: /ˈɡrɒn-/, US: /ˈxroʊn-/, Dutch: [ˈɣroːnɪŋə(n)] (listen); Gronings: Grunnen) is the main municipality as well as the capital city of the eponymous province in the ...
Netherlands. It is the largest city in the north of the Netherlands and has 231,037 inhabitants (31 January 2019) on a total area of 180.21 km2 (69.58 sq mi), and land area of 168.93 km2 (65.22 sq mi) with a population density of 1,367 per km2 (3,540 per square mile). It merged with Ten Boer and Haren municipalities 1 January 2019. The Groningen-Assen metropolitan area has about half a million inhabitants. Groningen is an old city (more than 950 years) and was the regional power of the north of the Netherlands, a semi-independent city-state and member of the German Hanseatic League. Groningen is a university city, with an estimated 31,000 students at the University of Groningen (October 1, 2018), and an estimated 28,000 at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences (October 1, 2018)." - (en.wikipedia.org 17.11.2019)
- Latitude53.216667175293
- Longitude6.5500001907349
- Population181194
