Dormagen

Dormagen
Dormagen
Location of the town of Dormagen within Rhein-Kreis Neuss district
Coordinates	51°06′N 6°49′E / 51.1°N 6.81667°E / 51.1; 6.81667Coordinates: 51°06′N 6°49′E / 51.1°N 6.81667°E / 51.1; 6.81667
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Düsseldorf
District	Rhein-Kreis Neuss
Town subdivisions	16
Mayor	Peter-Olaf Hoffmann (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	85.4 km2 (33.0 sq mi)
Elevation	45 m  (148 ft)
Population	62,961 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	737 /km2 (1,909 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	NE
Postal codes	41539–41542
Area codes	02133, 02182
Website	www.dormagen.de

St. Michael church

Dormagen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss.

Geography

Dormagen is situated between Düsseldorf – Cologne – Mönchengladbach on the western bank of the river Rhine.

Division of the town

Dormagen consists of 16 subdivisions (with population figure):

• Broich: see Gohr
• Delhoven: 3690
• Delrath: 3082
• Dormagen Mitte: 5621
• Gohr: 2217 (with Broich)
• Hackenbroich (with Hackhausen): 8689
• Hackhausen see Hackenbroich
• Horrem: 6022
• Knechtsteden:
• Nievenheim (with Ückerath): 9553
• Dormagen Nord: 3514
• Rheinfeld: 5403 (with Piwipp)
• St. Peter: see Stürzelberg
• Straberg: 2840
• Stürzelberg: 4643 (with St. Peter)
• Zons: 5414 (with Nachtigall)

History

Dormagen was founded 50 AD. Its name was Durnomagus.

Economy

Its main industry and employer is the chemical factory of Bayer AG.

Transportation

The town has three stations (Dormagen, Nievenheim and Dormagen Bayerwerk) on the Lower Left Rhine Railway, linking Cologne and Krefeld.

The German motorway 57 connects Dormagen with the same cities.

Population

Year/Date Citizens 1767 585 1835 2,660 1935 6,400 1939 5,552 1950 8,929 1968 23,655 1969 30,498 December 31, 1974¹ 54,982 December 31, 1975¹ 55,734 December 31, 1976¹ 55,962 December 31, 1977¹ 56,001 December 31, 1978¹ 56,234 December 31, 1979¹ 56,802

Date Citizens December 31, 1980¹ 57,379 December 31, 1981¹ 57,639 December 31, 1982¹ 57,399 December 31, 1983¹ 56,529 December 31, 1984¹ 55,274 December 31, 1985¹ 55,184 December 31, 1986¹ 55,258 December 31, 1987¹ 55,693 December 31, 1988¹ 56,293 December 31, 1989¹ 56,697 December 31, 1990¹ 58,018 December 31, 1991¹ 58,609 December 31, 1992¹ 59,306

Date Citizens December 31, 1993¹ 59,521 December 31, 1994¹ 59,856 December 31, 1995¹ 60,547 December 31, 1996¹ 61,351 December 31, 1997¹ 61,824 December 31, 1998¹ 62,187 December 31, 1999¹ 62,319 December 31, 2000¹ 62,571 December 31, 2001¹ 62,992 December 31, 2002¹ 63,347 December 31, 2003¹ 63,464 December 31, 2004¹ 63,501 December 31, 2006¹ 63,474 December 31, 2008¹ 63,139

¹ City of Dormagen

Twin towns

• – Toro, Castile and León, Spain
• – Saint-André-lez-Lille, France
• – Kiryat Ono, Israel

Persons of interest

• Kai Wolters, actor

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

• Livius.org: Durnomagus (Dormagen)