- Velen, Germany
Infobox German Location
Art =
Name = Velen
Wappen = Wapvelen.jpg
image_photo = Schloss Velen.jpg
image_caption = Velen Castle
lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 53 |lat_sec = 38
lon_deg = 06 |lon_min = 59 |lon_sec = 23
Lageplan =
Bundesland = North Rhine-Westphalia
Regierungsbezirk = Münster
Kreis = Borken
Höhe = 57
Fläche = 70.52
Einwohner = 13014
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 46342
Vorwahl = 0 28 63
Kfz = BOR
Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 5 54 064
Gliederung = 6
Straße = Ramsdorfer Str. 19
Website = [http://www.velen.de/ www.velen.de]
Bürgermeister = Ralf Groß-Holtick
Partei =Velen is a municipality in the district Borken,
North Rhine-Westphalia ,Germany with about 12,000citizen s. It consists of the two settlements of Velen and Ramsdorf and the four rural regions Ostendorf-Krueckling, Holthausen-Barnsfeld, Nordvelen and Waldvelen. In2003 the city received the title "staatlich anerkannter Erholungsort" (recreation village approved by the state) from the regional president.
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