Alpen, Germany

Alpen
Alpen
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Düsseldorf
District Wesel
subdivisions 4
Mayor Thomas Ahls (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 59.54 km2 (22.99 sq mi)
Elevation 25 m  (82 ft)
Population 12,772 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 215 /km2 (556 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WES
Postal code 46519
Area code 02802
Website www.alpen.de

Alpen is a municipality in the district of Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Contents

Geography

Alpen is situated between the Ruhr area and the border with the Netherlands.

Division of the town

The municipality consists 4 districts:

History

Documentary mentioned for the first time was Alpen in 1074.

Transportation

Alpen is reachable by the Bundesautobahn 57 and the federal highways B57 and B58. There is also a train, the RB31 from Duisburg Hbf (direction Xanten) every hour which stops at Alpen. From there it is a 10 minute walk into the centre of Alpen.

References

  1. ^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html. 

External links

Towns and municipalities in Wesel (district)