Viersen Rural District
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Viersen | |
Map of North Rhine-Westphalia highlighting the district of Viersen |
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State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Adm. region | Düsseldorf |
District seat | Viersen |
Area | 563.29 km² |
Population | 304,112 (2002) |
Pop. density | 540 /km² |
Licence plate code | VIE |
Web page | http://www.kreis-viersen.de |
Viersen is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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[change] History
In 1816, the new Prussian government created the district of Kempen. In 1929 the district was made a lot bigger and renamed Kempen-Krefeld.
In 1975 the district again changed its borders and was renamed to Viersen even though Kempen remained the capital. Viersen city replace Kempen as the capital in 1984.
Since 1983 the district has had been twinned with Cambridgeshire in England.
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[change] Cities and municipalities
district-depending municipalities
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large district-depending cities
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based on data from: 31. December 2005>
[change] Other websites
- Official website (German)
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Urban districts | Aachen • Bielefeld • Bochum • Bonn • Bottrop • Dortmund • Duisburg • Düsseldorf • Essen • Gelsenkirchen • Hagen • Hamm • Herne • Köln (Cologne) • Krefeld • Leverkusen • Mönchengladbach • Mülheim • Münster • Oberhausen • Remscheid • Solingen • Wuppertal | |
Rural Districts | Aachen • Borken • Coesfeld • Düren • Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis • Euskirchen • Gütersloh • Heinsberg • Herford • Hochsauerland • Höxter • Kleve • Lippe • Märkischer Kreis • Mettmann • Minden-Lübbecke • Oberbergischer Kreis • Olpe • Paderborn • Recklinghausen • Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis • Rhein-Erft-Kreis • Rhein-Kreis Neuss • Rhein-Sieg-Kreis • Siegen-Wittgenstein • Soest • Steinfurt • Unna • Viersen • Warendorf • Wesel |