- Nordkirchen
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Nordkirchen Coordinates 51°44′17″N 7°31′32″E / 51.73806°N 7.52556°ECoordinates: 51°44′17″N 7°31′32″E / 51.73806°N 7.52556°E Administration Country Germany State North Rhine-Westphalia Admin. region Münster District Coesfeld Municipal subdivisions 3 Mayor Dietmar Bergmann Basic statistics Area 52.432 km2 (20.244 sq mi) Elevation 65 m (213 ft) Population 10,434 (31 December 2010)[1] - Density 199 /km2 (515 /sq mi) Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate COE Postal code 59394 Area codes 0 25 96 Website www.nordkirchen.de Nordkirchen is a municipality in the district of Coesfeld, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Nordkirchen's most famous site is Schloss Nordkirchen, built in the 18th century for a local bishop and known as the Versailles of Westphalia, as it is the largest residence in that part of Germany. Nordkirchen is known as location of a transmission site for medium wave for transmitting the program of Deutschlandfunk, the Nordkirchen transmitter.
See also
- Arenberg-Nordkirchen
Towns and municipalities in Coesfeld (district) Ascheberg | Billerbeck | Coesfeld | Dülmen | Havixbeck | Lüdinghausen | Nordkirchen | Nottuln | Olfen | Rosendahl | SendenReferences
- ^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html.
Categories:- Municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia
- North Rhine-Westphalia geography stubs
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