Trier
Trier, historically cried in Inglis Treves; French: Trèves; Luxembourgish: Tréier; Laitin: Augusta Treverorum; the Laitin adjective associated wi the ceety is Treverensis) is a ceety in Germany on the banks o the Moselle. It is the auldest ceety in Germany, foondit in or afore 16 BC.
Trier | |
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Coordinates: 49°45′24″N 6°38′29″E / 49.75667°N 6.64139°ECoordinates: 49°45′24″N 6°38′29″E / 49.75667°N 6.64139°E | |
Kintra | Germany |
State |
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Destrict | Urban destrict |
Govrenment | |
• Laird Mayor | Klaus Jensen (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 117.14 km2 (45.23 sq mi) |
Population (2021-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 110,570 |
• Density | 940/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Postal codes | 54290, 54292, 54293, 54294, 54295, 54296 |
Diallin codes | 0651 |
Vehicle registration | TR |
Website | www.trier.de |
Trier lies in a valley atween law vine-covered hills o ruddy saundstane in the wast o the state o Rhineland-Palatinate, near the border wi Luxembourg an athin the important Mosel wine region.
Wi an approximate population o 100,000 Trier is the fowert mucklest ceety in the state o Rhineland-Paltinate efter Mainz, Ludwigshafen, an Koblenz. The nearest muckle ceeties in Germany are Saarbrücken, some 80 km sootheast, an Koblenz, aboot 100 km northeast. The closest ceety tae Trier is the ceety o Luxembourg, some 50 km tae the soothwast.
International relations
eeditTrier is a fellae member o the QuattroPole union o ceeties, alang wi Luxembourg, Saarbrücken, an Metz (neighbourin kintras: Luxembourg an France).
Twin touns – Sister ceeties
eeditTrier is twinned wi:
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Namesakes
eedit- New Trier Tounship, USA. oreeginally settled bi fowk frae Trier.
- New Trier, USA settled bi fowk frae Trier aboot 1856.