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Viersen
Sign in to saveViersen (; ) is the capital of the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Viersen
- German location.image_flag
- Flagge Viersen.svg
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Viersen COA.svg
- German location.image_photo
- Pano remigiusplatz.jpg
- German location.image_plan
- Viersen in VIE.svg
- German location.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German location.region
- Düsseldorf
- German location.district
- Viersen
- German location.elevation
- 40
- German location.area
- 91.1
- German location.postal_code
- 41747–41751
- German location.area_code
- 0 21 62
- German location.licence
- VIE, KK
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05 1 66 032
- German location.divisions
- 4
- German location.website
- www.viersen.de
- German location.mayor
- Christoph Hopp
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district capital
- Country
- West Germany
- Located in
- Viersen
- Population
- 79250
- Area
- 91.1
- Elevation
- 40
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Viersen
- Shares border with
- Willich
- Official website
- www.viersen.de
- Image
- Viersen - Rathausmarkt - Stadthaus 01 ies.jpg
- Dialing code
- 02162
- Licence plate code
- VIE
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- twinned administrative body
- Kaniv
- Commons category
- Viersen
- topic's main category
- Category:Viersen
- postal code
- 41747–41751
- category for people born here
- Q26735321
- short name
- Vie
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Viersen
- P6814
- Viersen
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P8168
- Hauconcourt
- different from
- Viersen
- hashtag
- Viersen
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Division of the town
- Politics
- City council
- Economy
- Culture
- Recurring events
- Main sights
- Transport
- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
- References
- External links
Viersen (; ) is the capital of the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
==Geography== Viersen is situated approximately 8 km north-west of Mönchengladbach, 15 km south-west of Krefeld and 20 km east of Venlo (Netherlands).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viersen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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