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Mettingen

Coordinates: 52°19′0″N 7°46′50″E / 52.31667°N 7.78056°E / 52.31667; 7.78056
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Mettingen
Municipality
Coat of arms of Mettingen
Coat of arms
Location of Mettingen within Steinfurt district
Mettingen is located in Germany
Mettingen
Mettingen
Mettingen is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Mettingen
Mettingen
Coordinates: 52°19′0″N 7°46′50″E / 52.31667°N 7.78056°E / 52.31667; 7.78056
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionMünster
DistrictSteinfurt
Government
 • MayorChristina Rählmann
Area
 • Total40 km2 (20 sq mi)
Elevation
74 m (243 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total12,000
 • Density300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
49497
Dialling codes05452
Vehicle registrationST
Websitewww.mettingen.de

Mettingen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

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Mettingen is about 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of Rheine and 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of Osnabrück.

Places close to Mettingen

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Villages close to Mettingen are Recke in the west, Neuenkirchen, (Lower Saxony) in the north, Ibbenbüren in the south and Westerkappeln in the east.

Notable persons

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The founders of the textile company C&A, Clemens and August Brenninkmeyer, were born in Mettingen. Also Annika Suthe, participant of the 2004 Summer Olympics (javelin throw) was born there.

References

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  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

Other websites

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Media related to Mettingen at Wikimedia Commons


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