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04.02.2012

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Tampere Ljubljana Arras Timbouctou Usti nad Labem Lodz Mulhouse Manchester Volgograd Düsseldorf Akron Taiyuan

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Twin cities

Chemnitz has partnerships with the following cities:

Tampere

Finland
Twin city since Oktober 1961

Tampere lies in the south of Finland and belongs to the most important industry cities in the north. It has a population of 183,000 people and is the second... mehr

Ljubljana

Slovenia
Twin city since 17. 10. 1966

Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and has a population of 240,000 people like Chemnitz. Formerly part of the Yugoslavian federation, Slovenia seceded in... mehr

Arras

France
Twin city since 1967

The City of Arras, is the capital of the French department Pas-de-Calais and has a population of 300,000 people... mehr

Tombouctou

Republic of Mali
Twin city since 06. 10. 1968

The Malian town of Tombouctou is situated in the Sahel zone in west Africa on the border to the Sahara desert. It lies on the River Niger and has a population...mehr

Usti nad Labem

Czech Republic
Twin city since 17. 07. 1970

The north Bohemian city of Usti nad Labem has a population of 100,000 people. Brown coal mining and the chemical industry have influenced...mehr

Lodz

Poland
Twin city since 1974

Lodz is the second largest city in Poland after Warsaw and a centre of the polish textile industry... mehr

Mulhouse

France
Twin city since 07. 10. 1981

Mulhouse, is one of the two French partner cities and lies in Alsace in the Department Haut-Rhin or Upper Rhine, near the Swiss and German border... mehr

Manchester

Great Britain
Twin city since 18. 03. 1983

Manchester was the first industrial city in the world. It lies in the north west 300 km away from London and has a population... mehr

Volgograd

Russia
Twin city since 06. 05. 1988

Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad, is located on the lower course of the Volga River in south east Russia... mehr

Düsseldorf

Capital of NRW/Germany
Twin city since 13. 04. 1988

Düsseldorf is the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany and has got a population of 568,000 people. It is a service and trade centre because of... mehr

Akron

Ohio / USA
Twin city since 20. 04. 1997

Akron has a population of 217,000 people and lies in the east of the US in the state Ohio. It is an industrial city with many traditions. Biggest enterprise of the city... mehr

Taiyuan

China
Twin city since 17. 05. 1999

Taiyuan has got three million inhabitants, lies in the north of China and is the capital of the province Shanxi. Taiyuan is ... mehr