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Germany, Europe
Essen
2025
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Essen is a city with a population of 584,988 and lies in the 3000-5000 (High) density category. The city has an area of 180.40 km² with a total green space of 51% and a tree coverage of 42%. The city lies in the North Temperate Zone of the world. The city has improved its Percentage of urban area covered by trees when compared to Global Average and also improved its Percentage of urban area covered by trees when compared to previous year. Within Europe, 77.1% of cities are ranked lower than Essen. There has been a positive increase in the greenness of city as compared to previous year, out of all the changes happening 63% of them are positive.
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Essen is ranked 25 of 40 green cities in Germany
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C+
Urban Green Space
Percentage of urban green space
51%
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-Urban area size
180 km²Urban area population
584,989 (2025)