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Xanten

Xanten (, Low Rhenish: Santen) is a town in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the district of Wesel.

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Xanten is a town located in the Wesel district of North Rhine-Westphalia, a state in Germany. It is a municipality in the western part of the country near the Rhine River region.

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Key facts

German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_photo: Xanten markt Norbertbrunnen 02.jpg
German location.image_coa: DEU Xanten COA.svg
German location.image_plan: Xanten in WES.svg
German location.state: Nordrhein-Westfalen
German location.region: Düsseldorf
German location.district: Wesel
German location.elevation: 50
German location.area: 72.43
German location.postal_code: 46509
German location.area_code: 02801 and 02804 (Marienbaum)
German location.licence: WES
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 05 1 70 052
German location.divisions: 6 Stadtbezirke
German location.website: www.xanten.de
German location.mayor: Rafael Zur
German location.leader_term: 2025–30
German location.party: FoX

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Wikidata facts

Country: Germany
Located in: Wesel
Population: 21776
Area: 72.43
Elevation: 24
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Shares border with: Alpen
Official website: www.xanten.de
Image: Xanten markt Norbertbrunnen 02.jpg
Dialing code: 02804
Licence plate code: MO

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hashtag: Xanten
topic's main category: Category:Xanten
twinned administrative body: Salisbury
Commons category: Xanten
postal code: 46509
Commons gallery: Xanten
described by source: The Jewish Encyclopedia
short name: X
P8168: José Maria Marin
category of associated people: Category:People from Xanten
P6814: Xanten

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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections

Contents

Geography
History
Antiquity
Middle Ages
Early Modern period
19th and early 20th century
Nazi Germany
Post-World War II
Attractions
Culture
Education
Governance
Council
Twin towns – sister cities
Notable people
Bibliography
References
External links

Xanten (, Low Rhenish: Santen) is a town in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the district of Wesel.

Xanten is known for the Archaeological Park, one of the largest archaeological open air museums in the world, built at the site of the Roman settlements Colonia Ulpia Traiana. Other attractions include the medieval town centre with Xanten Cathedral, many museums and large man-made lakes for various watersport activities. Xanten is visited by approximately one million tourists a year. It is also the only German town with a name that begins with X.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xanten” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.