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Viersen

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Viersen (; ) is the capital of the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Key facts

German location.type
Stadt
German location.name
Viersen
German location.image_flag
Flagge Viersen.svg
German location.image_coa
DEU Viersen COA.svg
German location.image_photo
Pano remigiusplatz.jpg
German location.image_plan
Viersen in VIE.svg
German location.state
Nordrhein-Westfalen
German location.region
Düsseldorf
German location.district
Viersen
German location.elevation
40
German location.area
91.1
German location.postal_code
41747–41751
German location.area_code
0 21 62
German location.licence
VIE, KK
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
05 1 66 032
German location.divisions
4
German location.website
www.viersen.de
German location.mayor
Christoph Hopp

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Division of the town
  • Politics
  • City council
  • Economy
  • Culture
  • Recurring events
  • Main sights
  • Transport
  • Notable people
  • Twin towns – sister cities
  • References
  • External links

Viersen (; ) is the capital of the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

==Geography== Viersen is situated approximately 8 km north-west of Mönchengladbach, 15 km south-west of Krefeld and 20 km east of Venlo (Netherlands).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viersen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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