Kerken

Kerken
Kerken
	Church of Saints Peter and Paul
	Coat of arms
	Location of Kerken within Kleve district
	Kerken Kerken
	Coordinates: 51°27′26″N 6°22′26″E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Düsseldorf
District	Kleve
Subdivisions	4
Government
• Mayor	Dirk Möcking (Ind.)
Area
• Total	58 km2 (22 sq mi)
Elevation	32 m (105 ft)
Population (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	12,524
• Density	220/km2 (560/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	47647
Dialling codes	0 28 33
Vehicle registration	KLE
Website	www.kerken.de

Kerken with the towns of Aldekerk, Eyll, Nieukerk and Stenden, 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.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the city

Johannes Ackermanns (1887-1962), municipal politician
Franz Grobben (1904-1994), CDU politician
Guido Winkmann (* 1973), football league judge

Personalities who have worked on the ground

Fritz Lewerentz, (1878-1945), SPD politician and victim of the Nazi dictatorship

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References

"Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2018" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 10 July 2019.

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[1] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2018" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 10 July 2019.