Bergkamen
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Bergkamen | |
Bergkamen city hall | |
Coat of arms | Location |
Administration | |
Country | |
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State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Arnsberg |
District | Unna |
Mayor | Roland Schäfer (SPD) |
Basic statistics | |
Area | 44.8 km² (17.3 sq mi) |
Elevation | 68 m (223 ft) |
Population | 52,020 (31/12/2006) |
- Density | 1,161 /km² (3,007 /sq mi) |
Other information | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Licence plate | UN |
Postal code | 59192 |
Area codes | 02307, 02389, 02306 |
Website | www.bergkamen.de |
Location of the town of Bergkamen within Unna district | |
Bergkamen is a town in the district of Unna, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the river Lippe, approx. 15 km north-east of Dortmund and 15 km south-west of Hamm.
Bergkamen, a German town in the East part of the Ruhrgebiet and south of the Münsterland, was founded in 1966 by the merging of at first five smaller communities.
[change] Twin towns
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