District 2, Düsseldorf

Stadtbezirk 2
District of Düsseldorf


Location of District 2 shown in red
Country  Germany
State  North Rhine-Westphalia
City Düsseldorf
Area
 • Total 7.18 km2 (2.77 sq mi)
Population (December 2009[1])
 • Total 56,736
 • Density 7,902/km2 (20,470/sq mi)
Humboldtstraße, Düsseltal
Zoopark (formerly Düsseldorf Zoological Garden) in Düsseltal

District 2 (German: Stadtbezirk 2) is a city district of Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The district covers an area of 7,18 square kilometres and (as of December 2009) has about 57,000 inhabitants.

District 2 is the smallest of all districts in Düsseldorf and next to the central city district 1, it is the only of Düsseldorf's districts to not touch the city limits. Starting clockwise from North-west to South-west, District 2 borders with the following Düsseldorf districts: 1, 6, 7, 8 and 3.

Subdivisions

District 2 is made up of three Stadtteile (city parts):

# City part Population (2009) Area (km²) Pop. per km²
021 Flingern-Nord 21,290 2,70 7,885
022 Flingern-Süd 9,642 1,50 6,428
023 Düsseltal 25,616 2,98 8,596
source: Amt für Statistik und Wahlen der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf (German)

Places of interest

Arts, Culture and Entertainment

Landmarks

Parks and open spaces

Transportation

The district is served by numerous railway stations and highway.[2] Stations include Düsseldorf Zoo, Düsseldorf Flingern and a dense net of both Düsseldorf Stadtbahn underground- and Rheinbahn tram-stations. The districts can also be reached via Bundesautobahn 57 and Bundesstraße 7 and 8.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Stadtbezirk 2, Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf, 2009 (German)
  2. ↑ Urban rail-transitmap Düsseldorf-Meerbusch, Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr

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Coordinates: 51°12′29″N 6°46′36″E / 51.20806°N 6.77667°E / 51.20806; 6.77667


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