Editing Mannheim (section)

=== Population ===
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Mannheim, population 315,000, is the 2nd largest city in [[Baden-Württemberg]]. Its location near the [[Rhine]] and [[Neckar]] rivers spurred Mannheim's industrialization and transition into a major city in the early 19th century. The city was heavily damaged during WWII but soon regained prominence as an industrial centre, causing rapid population growth in the 1950s. Many motor, electronic and power plant companies came to Mannheim and other cities in the Rhine-Neckar Region, including [[Ludwigshafen]] and [[Heidelberg]], which lies just kilometres up the Neckar. The population of Mannheim started to decline in the 1980s but began to rebound in the 2010s, partially due to its large [[University of Mannheim|university]] population. 

====Nationalities====
The following list shows the most significant groups of foreigners in the city of Mannheim by nationalities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Staatsangehörigkeiten der Ausländerinnen und Ausländer zum 31.12.2017 |url=https://www.mannheim.de/de/stadt-gestalten/daten-und-fakten/bevoelkerung/einwohner-mit-migrationshintergrund |access-date=18 June 2018}}</ref> In total 44.7% of all Mannheim inhabitants are from foreign descent. The Neckarstadt-West district has the biggest foreign population with 68.9%, while the Wallstadt district has the smallest one with 23.1%. A large part of the immigrants are from the Balkans and European countries.

{| class="wikitable"
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! style="background:#efefef;" |Rank
! style="background:#efefef;" |Nationality
! style="background:#efefef;" |Population (31 December 2022)
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|1||Turkey|| 15,779 (5.12%)
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|2||Italy|| 8,165 (2.65%)
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|3||Bulgaria|| 6,997 (2.27%)
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|4||Poland|| 6,595 (2.14%)
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|5||Romania|| 5,663 (1.83%)
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|6||Croatia|| 4,565 (1.48%)
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|7||Ukraine|| 4,207 (1.32%)
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|8||Greece|| 3,341 (1.08%)
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|9||Spain|| 1,754 (0.56%)
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|10||Bosnia and Herzegovina|| 1,680 (0.54%)
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|11||Syria|| 1,642 (0.53%)
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|12||India|| 1,541 (0.5%)
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|13||Hungary|| 1,341 (0.43%)
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|14||France|| 1,266 (0.41%)
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|15||Kosovo|| 1,164 (0.37%)
|}

==== Religion ====
The distribution of Mannheim's population by religious affiliation (as of December 31, 2020) is [[Roman Catholic]] 25.4%, [[Protestant]] 20.0%, and other/[[Irreligion|none]] 54.6%.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Religionszugehörigkeit in Mannheim {{!}} Mannheim.de|url=https://www.mannheim.de/de/stadt-gestalten/daten-und-fakten/bevoelkerung/religionszugehoerigkeit|access-date=2021-12-18|website=www.mannheim.de}}</ref>