Gangelt
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| Gangelt | ||
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  Gangelt | ||
Location of Gangelt within Heinsberg district 
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| Coordinates: 50°58′59″N 06°00′00″E / 50.98306°N 6.00000°ECoordinates: 50°58′59″N 06°00′00″E / 50.98306°N 6.00000°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Admin. region | Köln | |
| District | Heinsberg | |
| Subdivisions | 17 | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 48.73 km2 (18.81 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 60 m (200 ft) | |
| Population (2012-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 11,452 | |
| • Density | 240/km2 (610/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 52538 | |
| Dialling codes | 02454 | |
| Vehicle registration | HS | |
| Website | www.gangelt.de | |
Gangelt is a municipality in the district of Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the border with the Netherlands, approx. 10 km east of Sittard and 10 km south-west of Heinsberg. Gangelt was the town in which Gerard Kremer, better known as Gerardus Mercator, lived for the first five or six years of his life. Mercator was a famous cartographer (born 1512).
Geography
Neighbour municipalities
| Waldfeucht | Heinsberg | |
| Selfkant |  |
Geilenkirchen |
| Sittard | Onderbanken |
Local subdivisions
- Gangelt with 2.521 inhabitants
- Birgden with 2.977 inhabitants
- Breberen with 828 inhabitants
- Broichhoven with 168 inhabitants
- Brüxgen with 513 inhabitants
- Buscherheide with 132 inhabitants
- Harzelt with 201 inhabitants
- Hastenrath with 536 inhabitants
- Hohenbusch with 45 inhabitants
- Kievelberg with 32 inhabitants
- Kreuzrath with 504 inhabitants
- Langbroich with 807 inhabitants
- Mindergangelt with 244 inhabitants
- Nachbarheid with 120 inhabitants
- Niederbusch with 601 inhabitants
- Schierwaldenrath with 596 inhabitants
- Schümm with 93 inhabitants
- Stahe with 1.029 inhabitants
- Vinteln with 42 inhabitants
(21.02.2007)
History
Gangelt was first mentioned in a document in 828 as a King's property.
Town twinning
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Sohland an der Spree, Germany, since 1991 -
Kruibeke, Belgium, since 1998 -
Onderbanken, Netherlands, since 1975
Sons and Daughters of Gangelt
- Gerardus Mercator, cartographer born 1512
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References
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- ↑ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen". Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW (in German). 31 July 2013.
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