Mettmann Rural District

Mettmann
Mettmann
District
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 51°15′N 7°00′E / 51.25°N 7.0°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Capital	Mettmann
Area
• Total	407.09 km2 (157.18 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2022)
• Total	489,794
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	ME
Website	www.kreis-mettmann.de

Mettmann is a Kreis (district) in the middle of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

In the district is the valley of the small river Düssel, the Neanderthal, where the fossils of the human species Neanderthals were first found.

Coat of arms

The red lion with the blue tongue is the sign of the earldom Berg. In the black border it has the symbols for the two most important industries of the district - lockmaking and agriculture. The coat of arms was designed in 1936 by the painter and herald Pagenstecher from Düsseldorf.

Towns and municipalities

References

↑ "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

Official website (German)

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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.

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Mettmann
District
Flag Coat of arms

Coordinates: 51°15′N 7°00′E / 51.25°N 7.0°E / 51.25; 7.0
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Capital	Mettmann
Area
• Total	407.09 km² (157.18 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2022)^[1]
• Total	489,794
• Density	1,200/km² (3,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	ME
Website	www.kreis-mettmann.de