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Not to be confused with Frankfort or Frankfurt (Oder).
Frankfurt

City

Frankfurt's skyline from Frankfurt Cathedral

Frankfurt Cathedral

European Central Bank

Messeturm
Römerberg

Städel and Main River

Alte Oper

Höchst

Flag

Coat of arms

Location of Frankfurt within Hesse

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Coordinates: 50°06′38″N 08°40′56″E
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Darmstadt
District Urban district
Founded 1st century
16 area districts (Ortsbezirke)
Subdivisions
46 city districts (Stadtteile)
Government
• Lord Mayor Mike Josef[1] (SPD)
• Governing parties Greens / SPD / FDP / Volt
Area
• City 248.31 km2 (95.87 sq mi)
Elevation 112 m (367 ft)
Population
(2022-12-31)[4]
• City 773,068
• Density 3,100/km2 (8,100/sq mi)
• Urban 2,319,029[3]
• Metro 5,604,523[2]
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes 60306–60599, 65929–65936
Dialling codes 069, 06101, 06109
Vehicle registration F
 Website frankfurt.de

Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (German: [ˈfʁaŋkfʊʁt ʔam ˈmaɪn] ⓘ; Hessian:

Frangford am Maa, pronounced [ˈfʁɑŋfɔɐ̯ t am ˈmãː];[5] lit. "Frank ford on the[a] Main"), is the
most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the
fifth-most populous city in Germany,[b] and it is the only city in the country rated as an "alpha
world city" according to GaWC. Located in the foreland of the Taunus on its namesake Main, it
forms a continuous conurbation with the neighboring city of Offenbach am Main and its urban
area has a population of over 2.3 million. The city is the heart of the larger Rhine-Main
metropolitan region, which has a population of more than 5.8 million and is Germany's second-
largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region and the fourth biggest metropolitan
region by GDP in the European Union. Frankfurt's central business district lies about 90 km
(56 mi) northwest of the geographic center of the EU at Gadheim in Lower Franconia. Like
France and Franconia, the city is named after the Franks. Frankfurt is the largest city in the
Rhenish Franconian dialect area.

Frankfurt was a city state, the Free City of Frankfurt, for nearly five centuries, and was one of
the most important cities of the Holy Roman Empire, as a site of Imperial coronations; it lost its
sovereignty upon the collapse of the empire in 1806, regained it in 1815 and then lost it again in
1866, when it was annexed (though neutral) by the Kingdom of Prussia. It has been part of the
state of Hesse since 1945. Frankfurt is culturally, ethnically and religiously diverse, with half of
its population, and a majority of its young people, having a migrant background. A quarter of the
population consists of foreign nationals, including many expatriates. In 2015, Frankfurt was
home to 1,909 ultra high-net-worth individuals, the sixth-highest number of any city. As of 2023,
Frankfurt is the 13th-wealthiest city in the world and the second-wealthiest city in Europe (after
London).[6]