Kerken

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Kerken
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Kerken
Kerken (Germany)
Kerken
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Düsseldorf
District Kleve
Local subdivisions 4
Basic statistics
Area 58 km² (22.4 sq mi)
Elevation 32 m  (105 ft)
Population 12,856  (30/06/2006)
 - Density 222 /km² (574 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate KLE
Postal code 47647
Area codes 0 28 33
Website www.kerken.de

Coordinates: 51°27′26″N 6°22′26″E / 51.45722, 6.37389

Kerken is a municipality in the district of Kleve in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands, approx. 15 km north-east of Venlo.


[edit] Personalities

  • Dominik Deußen, inoficially marked as a bigger Town fool than Lena Kasper from Michelstadt