Mettingen
municipality of Germany
Mettingen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Mettingen | |
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Coordinates: 52°19′0″N 7°46′50″E / 52.31667°N 7.78056°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Münster |
District | Steinfurt |
Government | |
• Mayor | Christina Rählmann |
Area | |
• Total | 40 km2 (20 sq mi) |
Elevation | 74 m (243 ft) |
Population (2021-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 11,882 |
• Density | 300/km2 (770/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 49497 |
Dialling codes | 05452 |
Vehicle registration | ST |
Website | www |
Geography change
Mettingen is about 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of Rheine and 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of Osnabrück.
Places close to Mettingen change
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 change
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 change
- ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
Other websites change
Media related to Mettingen at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in German)