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Alfter

Alfter (; ) is a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 6 km west of Bonn.

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German place.image_photo: Alfter Schloss (03).png
German place.image_caption: in Alfter
German place.name: Alfter
German place.image_coa: DEU Alfter COA.svg
German place.image_plan: Alfter in SU.svg
German place.state: North Rhine-Westphalia
German place.region: Köln
German place.district: Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
German place.elevation: 76
German place.area: 34.77
German place.postal_code: 53347
German place.area_code: 02222, 0228
German place.licence: SU
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 05 3 82 004
German place.website: www.alfter.de
German place.mayor: Rolf Schumacher
German place.leader_term: 2020–25
German place.party: CDU

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Alfter (; ) is a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 6 km west of Bonn.

==Location== The community of Alfter lies west of former capital of Bonn, on the southern ridge of the "Vorgebirge". It borders on the city of Bornheim to the north, Bonn to the east, the cities of Meckenheim and Rheinbach to the south and the community of Swisttal to the west. Alfter consists of a total area of 35 km², of which 18 km² is used for agricultural purposes and 8 km² is forest.