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Mettmann
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district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Adm region
- Düsseldorf
- Capital
- Mettmann
- District admin
- Bettina Warnecke ( CDU )
- Total
- 407.09 km (157.18 sq mi)
- Density
- 1,205.9/km (3,123.3/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Vehicle registration
- ME
- Website
- www.kreis-mettmann.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 485684
- Area
- 407.22
- Elevation
- 143
- Official website
- www.kreis-mettmann.de
- Licence plate code
- ME
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Mettmann ( German pronunciation: [ˈmɛtman]) is a Kreis (district) in the middle of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring are the Ennepe-Ruhr, Rhein-Kreis Neuss, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis and the district-free cities Cologne, Leverkusen, Wuppertal, Solingen, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Mülheim, Essen. It is the most densely populated rural district in Germany; it borders Düsseldorf Airport in the northwestern district borders, on the city limits of Ratingen, and is also near Cologne Bonn Airport. It was named after Mettmann, its district seat.
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