Datteln
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Datteln | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Datteln within Recklinghausen district  | |
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| Coordinates: 51°39′14″N 7°20′30″E / 51.65389°N 7.34167°ECoordinates: 51°39′14″N 7°20′30″E / 51.65389°N 7.34167°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Münster |
| District | Recklinghausen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | André Dora (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 66.1 km2 (25.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 49 m (161 ft) |
| Population (2016-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 34,555 |
| • Density | 520/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 45711 |
| Dialling codes | 0 23 63 |
| Vehicle registration | RE |
| Website | www.datteln.de |
Datteln is a town in the North Rhine-Westphalia state of Germany. As of 9/5/2011, 34,481 people lived there. Datteln is in the Recklinghausen Rural District. It is at the intersection of four canals: the Datteln-Hamm Canal, the Wesel-Datteln Canal, the Dortmund-Ems Canal and the Rhein-Herne Canal. This is the largest canal junction in the world.
Datteln has the very large, controversial E-on power plant, one of the world's most advanced hard coal-fired power plants.[3]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)". DESTATIS. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- ↑ "E.ON SE - Power Plant Datteln 4". eon.com. 2014. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2014.