Erkelenz
Town in the Rhineland in western Germany
- Country
- Located in
- Population
- 45,239(December 31, 2025)
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- , 45,315(December 31, 2024)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2024)Retrieved 2026-06-29
- , 44,572(December 31, 2023)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2023)Retrieved 2024-11-16
- +7 more
- 45,239(December 31, 2025)
- Area
- 117.34 km²(December 31, 2017)
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Sources- 1.“Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)”destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Archiv/GVAuszugQ/AuszugGV4QAktuell.htmlRetrieved 2019-03-10
- , 117.35 km²
- 117.34 km²(December 31, 2017)
- Elevation
- 92 m
- Head of government
- Franz Reinkens(1861–1900)
- , Heinrich Sieben(1949–1952)
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- Postal code
- 41812
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
85 statements · 29% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Local dialing code
- 02431
- 02164
- 02432
- 02435
- 02433
- Short name
- Erk instance of: library location identifier
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- Erk instance of: library location identifier
- Member of
- association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia(since 2011)
2
Sources- 1.agfs-nrw.de/mitglieder/erkelenz.htmlRetrieved 2018-04-18
- 2.agfs-nrw.de/agfs-partner/unsere-mitgliederRetrieved 2026-04-14
- Städte- und Gemeindebund Nordrhein-Westfalen
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Sources- 1.kommunen.nrw/der-verband/mitglieder-des-stgb-nrw.htmlRetrieved 2020-01-03
- WAGEV
- association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia(since 2011)
- Hashtag
- Erkelenz
On other databases
29 identifiers linking Erkelenz across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID11574
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID15288562q
- FactGrid item IDQ21521
- Fandom article IDvereins:Erkelenz
- FAST ID1237236
- Freebase ID/m/07r79c
- GeoNames ID6557545
- German municipality key05370004
- German regional key053700004004
- GND ID4015283-2
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) IDERKENZJO31DC
- IdRef ID203868854
- J9U entity ID987007557705305171
- Klimadashboard.de region ID5f121f60-6a46-47aa-9fa9-dfedf87b4af7
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn86033693
- Münzkabinett IDlocation/3057
- Museum-digital place ID70338
- MusicBrainz area IDa84d18a3-dfe8-4ea7-996f-eca5acf10c89
- National Library of Israel ID (old)001014589
- NWBib IDQ7025
- OpenStreetMap relation ID67333
- OpenWeatherMap city ID2929622
- UN/LOCODEDEERK
- VIAF cluster ID133772640
- Who's on First ID101809929
- WOEID648378
- World Historical Gazetteer place ID13898403
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJrKYjbMKgKrvP4rtW8wG3
- Yale LUX IDplace/f580bdc0-6572-436c-a8ba-4cdd277ef866