| Cologne | |
| Native Name: | German: Regierungsbezirk Köln |
| Native Name Lang: | de |
| Settlement Type: | Regierungsbezirk |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Germany |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Extinct Title: | Disestablished |
| Seat Type: | Region seat |
| Seat: | Cologne |
| Leader Party: | SPD |
| Leader Name: | Thomas Wilk |
| Leader Title: | District President |
| Area Total Km2: | 7364.71 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | GDP |
| Demographics1 Footnotes: | [1] |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Total |
| Demographics1 Info1: | €215.932 billion (2022) |
| Website: | bezreg-koeln.nrw.de |
Cologne is one of the five governmental districts of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located in the south-west of that state and covers the hills of the Eifel as well as the Bergisches Land.
It was created on 30 April 1815, as district of the province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, when Prussia reorganised its internal administration. In 1972 the Regierungsbezirk Aachen was incorporated.
The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was 190.8 billion € in 2018, accounting for 5.7% of German economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 39,300 € or 130% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 110% of the EU average.[2]