What is Cologne?
{{Infobox German location |name = Cologne |German_name = {{nativename|de|Köln}}<br/>{{nativename|ksh|Kölle}} |type = City |image_photo = Cologne montage.png |imagesize = 270px |image_caption = From top to bottom, left to right:<br /> [[Hohenzollern Bridge]] by night, [[Great St. Martin Church]], [[Colonius]] TV-tower, [[Cologne Cathedral]], ''[[Kranhaus]]'' buildings in [[Rheinauhafen]], [[MediaPark]] |image_coa =Großes Wappen von Köln.svg |image_flag = Flagge Köln.svg |image_plan = North rhine w K.svg |plantext = Cologne within North Rhine-Westphalia |coordinates = {{coord|50|56|11|N|6|57|10|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |state = Nordrhein-Westfalen |region = [[Cologne (region)|Cologne]] |district = Urban districts of Germany |elevation = 37 |area = 405.15 <!--|population = 1057327 Technical, do not add dots, references or other, the table is automatically updated, removed, as fetched via Gemeindeschlüssel --> |pop_metro = 3573500 |Stand = 2014/12/31 |postal_code = 50441–51149 |area_code = 0221, 02203 ([[Porz]]) |licence = K |Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 3 15 000 |mayor = [[Henriette Reker]] |Bürgermeistertitel = [[Lord Mayor]] |website = {{url|http://www.stadt-koeln.de}} |year = 38&nbsp;BC }} '''Cologne''' ({{lang-de|Köln}}, {{lang-ksh|Kölle}}) is a city in the [[States of Germany|state]] of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] in [[Germany]]. It is on the [[Rhine River]]. About 1,060,000 people live there, making Cologne the biggest city in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is in the southern part of the '[[Rhine]]-[[Ruhr]] [[agglomeration]]' of cities with a combined total population of about 10 million people. This is one of the most densely populated areas of the world. Cologne has an [[oceanic climate]] (''Cfb'' in the [[Koeppen climate classification]]). ==History== The city was founded by the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] in the