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Recklinghausen
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German district of North Rhine-Westphalia
Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Adm region
- Münster
- Capital
- Recklinghausen
- District admin
- Bodo Klimpel ( CDU )
- Total
- 760.27 km (293.54 sq mi)
- Density
- 817.22/km (2,116.6/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Vehicle registration
- RE, GLA, CAS
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Startseite | Kreis Recklinghausen
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Recklinghausen
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Münster Government Region
- Capital
- Recklinghausen
- Population
- 615261
- Area
- 761.31
- Elevation
- 52
- Shares border with
- Essen
- Official website
- www.kreis-re.de
- Licence plate code
- RE
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- Recklinghausen
- Commons category
- Kreis Recklinghausen
- topic's main category
- Category:Recklinghausen (district)
- inception
- 1816-00-00
- Commons gallery
- Kreis Recklinghausen
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Recklinghausen (district)
- member of
- Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe
- male population
- 300019
- female population
- 315242
- nickname
- Castrophausen
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Encyclopedic overview
Recklinghausen ( German pronunciation: [ʁɛklɪŋˈhaʊzən] ) is a Kreis (district) in the centre of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is surrounded by the neighbouring districts of Borken, Coesfeld, Unna, Gelsenkirchen, Bottrop, and Wesel. The district administration is located in the city of the same name.
Apart from the Region Hannover, Kreis Recklinghausen is the largest non-city district in Germany by population.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Recklinghausen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.