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Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Adm region
- Düsseldorf
- Capital
- Viersen
- District admin
- Andreas Coenen ( CDU )
- Total
- 563.29 km (217.49 sq mi)
- Density
- 528.78/km (1,369.5/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Vehicle registration
- VIE, KK
- Website
- www .kreis-viersen .de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Viersen
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Düsseldorf Government Region
- Capital
- Viersen
- Population
- 298935
- Area
- 563.28
- Elevation
- 92
- Shares border with
- Heinsberg
- Official website
- www.kreis-viersen.de
- Image
- Pano remigiusplatz.jpg
- Licence plate code
- VIE
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Viersen (district)
- Commons category
- Kreis Viersen
- topic's main category
- Category:Viersen (district)
- Commons gallery
- Kreis Viersen
- member of
- Landschaftsverband Rheinland
- P6814
- Viersen
- female population
- 153022
- male population
- 145913
- inception
- 1975-01-01
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Viersen ( German pronunciation: [ˈfiːɐ̯zn̩]) is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Cleves, Wesel, district-free Krefeld, Neuss, district-free Mönchengladbach, Heinsberg and the Dutch province of Limburg.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viersen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.