Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia

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Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia
Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)
Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Münster
District Recklinghausen
Mayor Uta Heinrich (Ind.)
Basic statistics
Area 87.69 km² (33.9 sq mi)
Elevation 70 m  (230 ft)
Population 89,122  (31/03/2007)
 - Density 1,016 /km² (2,632 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate RE
Postal codes 45768, 45770, 45772
Area codes 0 23 65
Website www.marl.de

Coordinates: 51°40′00″N 7°07′00″E / 51.666667, 7.116667

City Hall
City Hall

Marl is a town and a municipality in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the Wesel-Datteln Canal, approx. 10 km north-west of Recklinghausen.It has about 90000 people.







[edit] Population

From the mid-ages until the early 20th century Marl had just a few hundred inhabitants. The Industrialization led to a fast increase from about 2.000 people in 1900 over 35.000 in 1939 to 92.000 in 1975. In 2007, the "Official Number of inhabitants" calculated by the Landesamt für Datenverarbeitung und Statistik North Rhine Westfalia was 89.122. The following table shows the numbers of inhabitants. The value in 1600 is an estimate, afterwards the result of population counts or calculations of the Statistisches Landesamt. The specifications until 1871 show the "population in the area", from 1925 to 1987 they indicate the resident population and since then the main resident population. Before 1871 the means of measurement were without uniformity.

year population
1600 800
1875 1.883
1900 2.199
1910 5.571
1919 12.130
1925 16.018
1933 31.619
1939 35.288
1945 42.603
1946 44.043
1950 51.192
1956 64.228
1961 71.508
1965 76.674
1975 91.930
1985 87.449
1995 92.965
2005 90.816
2007 89.122

44.8% of the inhabitants are male, 51.2% female.

  • 17.7% are less than 18,
  • 34.3% are between 18 and 44,
  • 21.9% are between 45 and 59,
  • 26.1% are older than 60 years.

8.9% of the population are of foreign origin (Dec 2006), coming from about 130 different states. 52.5% are from Turkey, 7.5% from Ex-Jugoslawia, 5.6% from Poland.


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