Lünen

Lünen
View with the bridge on the Lippe River
Lünen
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Arnsberg
District Unna
Mayor Hans Wilhelm Stodollick
Basic statistics
Area 59.18 km2 (22.85 sq mi)
Elevation 58 m  (190 ft)
Population 87,530 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 1,479 /km2 (3,831 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate UN
Postal codes 44532, 44534, 44536
Area codes 02306, 0231
Website www.luenen.de

Lünen or Luenen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located north of Dortmund along the Lippe River. It is the largest town of the Unna district, and part of the green Münster area.

A biogas plant will be built to provide electric power to the city. Lünen will be the first city in the world receiving electricity via public utility companies that was generated on the base of animal waste.[2] The plant will produce up to 6.6MW, to supply 26,000 homes with heat and electricity.[3]

Contents

People

Main sights

Twin towns

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Lünen is twinned with:

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. 
  2. ^ Poo power to the people -- The Guardian
  3. ^ "German city uses waste to generate green energy". BSDLive. 2009-05-28. http://www.bsdlive.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=730&storycode=3141605. Retrieved 2009-06-09. 
Towns and municipalities in Unna (district)
Bergkamen  | Bönen | Fröndenberg | Holzwickede | Kamen | Lünen | Schwerte | Selm | Unna | Werne