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Voerde
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Voerde () is a town in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, approximately south-east of Wesel, and 20 km north of Duisburg.
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Voerde is a city in Germany, situated within the administrative district of Wesel in North Rhine-Westphalia. The municipality shares borders with Hünxe, Dinslaken, Rheinberg, and Wesel. It has a population of 36,282 and covers an area of 53.49 square kilometers. The city is located at an elevation of 26 meters above sea level and operates in the UTC+01:00 and UTC+02:00 time zones.
Administrative details for Voerde include the postal code 46562, the local dialing code 02855, and the license plate code WES. The city is a member of Mayors for Peace. Its official name is Voerde, and it is also referred to as Voerde (Niederrhein).
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Place details
- Locality
- Voerde (Niederrhein)
- Region
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Country
- Deutschland
- Population
- 35,661
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Voerde
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Voerde COA.svg
- German location.image_photo
- Rathaus Voerde.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Town hall
- German location.image_plan
- Voerde (Niederrhein) in WES.svg
- German location.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German location.region
- Düsseldorf
- German location.district
- Wesel
- German location.elevation
- 26
- German location.area
- 53.49
- German location.postal_code
- 46562
- German location.area_code
- 02855, 0281 (Friedrichsfeld)
- German location.licence
- WES
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05 1 70 044
- German location.website
- www.voerde.de
- German location.mayor
- Dirk Haarmann
- German location.leader_term
- 2020–25
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Voerde
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Wesel
- Population
- 36282
- Area
- 53.49
- Elevation
- 26
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Wesel
- Official website
- www.voerde.de
- Image
- Rathaus Voerde.jpg
- Dialing code
- 02855
- Licence plate code
- WES
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- Commons category
- Voerde (Niederrhein)
- postal code
- 46562
- P6814
- Voerde
- member of
- Mayors for Peace
- P8168
- Aravind Joshi
- native label
- Voerde
- P12749
- January 15
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- City structure
- History
- Buildings and constructions
- Politics
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Transport
- Sports
- Education
- Notable people
- References
Voerde () is a town in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, approximately south-east of Wesel, and 20 km north of Duisburg.
==City structure== According to art. 1(3) of the Main Charter of the town, the municipal area is divided into the 11 quarters of Götterswickerhamm, Löhnen, Mehrum, Möllen, Voerde, Stockum, Holthausen, Friedrichsfeld, Emmelsum, Spellen and Ork. These quarters are, however, not localities in the sense of article 39 of the North Rhine-Westphalian Municipal Code (GO NW).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Voerde” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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