Gangelt
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| Gangelt | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Cologne |
| District | Heinsberg |
| Local subdivisions | 17 |
| Mayor | Bernhard Tholen (CDU) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 48.73 km² (18.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 60 m (197 ft) |
| Population | 11,624 (18/05/2005) |
| - Density | 239 /km² (618 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | HS |
| Postal code | 52538 |
| Area code | 02454 |
| Website | www.gangelt.de |
Gangelt is a municipality in the district Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the border with the Netherlands, approx. 10 km east of Sittard and 10 km south-west of Heinsberg. Gangelt was the town in which Gerard Kremer, better known as Gerard Mercator, lived for the first five or six years of his life. Mercator was the famous cartographer (born 1512). See "Mercator - The Man Who Mapped the Planet" by Nicholas Crane, 2002, Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
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