Aalen

Aalen
Coat airms
Aalen
Location o Aalen athin Ostalbkreis destrict
Coordinates: 48°50′N 10°6′E / 48.833°N 10.100°E / 48.833; 10.100Coordinates: 48°50′N 10°6′E / 48.833°N 10.100°E / 48.833; 10.100
Kintra	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
Destrict	Ostalbkreis
Govrenment
• Mayor	Martin Gerlach
Area
• Total	146.624 km2 (56.612 sq mi)
Population  (2021-12-31)[1]
• Total	68,351
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	73430–73434
Diallin codes	07361/-66/-67
Vehicle registration	AA

Aalen (German pronunciation: [ˈaːlən]) is a ceety in the German state o Baden-Württemberg, aboot 70 kilometre (43 mi) east o Stuttgart an 48 kilometre (30 mi)^[2] north o Ulm. It is the seat o the Ostalbkreis destrict, an its lairgest ceety, as well as the lairgest ceety athin the Ostwürttemberg region. In spatial plannin, Aalen is designatit a Mittelzentrum (“medium-level centre”). Syne 1 Aprile 1956, Aalen haes the status o Große Kreisstadt (“major destrict toun”).

Wi an aurie o 146.63 km², Aalen is rankin poseetion 7 in Baden-Württemberg an poseetion 2 athin the Govrenment Region o Stuttgart, efter Stuttgart. Wi a population o aboot 66,000, Aalen is on poseetion 15 athin Baden-Württemberg.

The “Twin Cities Society of Aalen” (Städtepartnerschaftsverein Aalen e. V.) promotes “friendly relations” atween Aalen and its twin cities,^[3] which comprises mutual exchanges o sports and cultural clubs, schools and ither civic institutions. On the occasion o the Reichsstädter Tage, frae 11 until 13 September 2009 the first conference o twinned cities wis held.

Aalen haes five twin ceeties:

• Saint-Lô (Fraunce), syne 1978
• Christchurch (Unitit Kinrick), syne 1981
• Tatabánya (Hungary), syne 1987
• Antakya (Turkey), syne 1995. This twinnin arrangement wis initiatit bi Ismail Demirtas, who emigratit in 1962 frae Turkey tae Aalen an wis social adviser for foreign employees.^[4]
• Cervia (Italy), syne 2011