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Castrop-Rauxel
Sign in to saveCastrop-Rauxel (), often simply referred to as Castrop by locals, is a former coal mining city in the eastern part of the Ruhr Area within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
Castrop-Rauxel is a city in Germany's Ruhr Area that was historically built around coal mining, though it no longer relies on that industry. The city represents the industrial heritage and economic transformation of the Ruhr region, one of Europe's most important industrial centers.
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Key facts
- German place.type
- Stadt
- German place.name
- Castrop-Rauxel
- German place.image_photo
- Castrop-Stadtmittelpunkt.jpg
- German place.image_coa
- DEU Castrop-Rauxel COA.svg
- German place.image_plan
- Castrop-Rauxel in RE.svg
- German place.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German place.region
- Münster
- German place.district
- Recklinghausen
- German place.elevation
- 98
- German place.area
- 51.68
- German place.postal_code
- 44575–44581
- German place.area_code
- 02305,02367 (Henrichenburg)
- German place.licence
- RE, CAS, GLA
- German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05 5 62 004
- German place.divisions
- 15
- German place.website
- www.castrop-rauxel.de
- German place.mayor
- Rajko Kravanja
- German place.leader_term
- 2020–25
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Recklinghausen
- Population
- 74370
- Area
- 51.68
- Elevation
- 98
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Dortmund
- Official website
- www.castrop-rauxel.de
- Image
- Altstadt Castrop mit Foerderturm Erin.jpg
- Dialing code
- 02367
- Licence plate code
- GLA
- Motto
- Europastadt im Grünen
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- twinned administrative body
- Trikala
- P6814
- Castrop-Rauxel
- P8168
- Ali Selmi
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Castrop-Rauxel
- category for people born here
- Q8056806
- topic's main category
- Category:Castrop-Rauxel
- postal code
- 44575–44581
- Commons gallery
- Castrop-Rauxel
- Commons category
- Castrop-Rauxel
- P12749
- Erg Chebbi
- hashtag
- CastropRauxel
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Urban area
- History
- Sights
- Parks
- Politics
- List of mayors
- City council
- Transport
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Economy
- Culture
- Notable people
- References
Castrop-Rauxel (), often simply referred to as Castrop by locals, is a former coal mining city in the eastern part of the Ruhr Area within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
==Geography== Castrop-Rauxel is located in Germany between Dortmund to the southeast, Bochum to the southwest, Herne to the west, Recklinghausen to the northwest, Datteln to the north and Waltrop to the northeast.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Castrop-Rauxel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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