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Düren district
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German district of North Rhine-Westphalia
Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Adm region
- Cologne
- Capital
- Düren
- District admin
- Ralf Nolten since 1st November 2025 ( CDU )
- Total
- 941.15 km (363.38 sq mi)
- Density
- 296.75/km (768.58/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Vehicle registration
- DN, JÜL, MON, SLE
- Website
- http://www.kreis-dueren.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Düren
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Cologne Government Region
- Contains
- Vettweiß
- Capital
- Düren
- Population
- 237706
- Area
- 941.37
- Elevation
- 118
- Shares border with
- Heinsberg
- Official website
- www.kreis-dueren.de
- Licence plate code
- DN
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- Commons category
- Kreis Düren
- topic's main category
- Category:Düren (district)
- Commons gallery
- Kreis Düren
- twinned administrative body
- Mytishchi
- member of
- Landschaftsverband Rheinland
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Düren (district)
- P6814
- Düren district
- female population
- 132961
- male population
- 130761
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Düren ( German pronunciation: [ˈdyːʁən]) is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Heinsberg, Neuss, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Euskirchen and Aachen.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Düren district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.