Inden

municipality in the Düren district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Key facts

Country: Germany
State: North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin region: Köln
District: Düren
Mayor 2020 25: Stefan Pfennings
Total: 35.92 km (13.87 sq mi)
Elevation: 106 m (348 ft)
Density: 212.2/km (549.7/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
Dialling codes: 02465
Vehicle registration: DN
Website: www.gemeinde-inden.de

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Inden ( German pronunciation: [ˈɪndn̩]) is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the river Inde, approx. 10 km north-west of Düren. In the area around Inden lignite is extracted in open-pit mines. One mine is being rehabilitated with lake, park, solar power and energy storage. Several hundreds of inhabitants have been resettled in the 1990s and 2000s because of these activities.

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