Neuenkirchen, Westphalia

Neuenkirchen
Neuenkirchen
Location of the town of Neuenkirchen within Steinfurt district
Coordinates	52°14′28″N 7°22′8″E / 52.24111°N 7.36889°E / 52.24111; 7.36889Coordinates: 52°14′28″N 7°22′8″E / 52.24111°N 7.36889°E / 52.24111; 7.36889
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Steinfurt
Mayor	Franz Möllering
Basic statistics
Area	48 km2 (19 sq mi)
Elevation	58 m  (190 ft)
Population	13,774 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	287 /km2 (743 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	ST
Postal code	48485
Area code	05973
Website	www.neuenkirchen.de

Neuenkirchen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neuenkirchen is the biggest village in the district of Steinfurt. It is situated approx. 7 km south-west of Rheine and 35 km north-west of Münster.

Geography

Neighbouring places

• Wettringen
• Steinfurt
• Emsdetten
• Rheine
• Salzbergen

Division of the municipality

• St. Arnold
• Offlum
• Sutrum-Harum
• Landersum

Politics

Town assembly

After the local elections on September 26, 2004 the town assembly has the following structure:

• CDU 15 seats
• SPD 5 seats
• Green Party 2 seats
• FDP 1 seats
• UWG 3 seats

References

1. ^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html. 

External links

• Official site (German)