Kleve

town in Kleve District, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Summary

Kleve is a district capital[1]. Kleve draws 3,579 Wikipedia views per month (district capital category, ranking #6 of 45).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia[3], Städte- und Gemeindebund Nordrhein-Westfalen[4]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kleve[5]
  • Country: Germany[6]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Rhine[7]
  • Head of government: Marcus Dahmen[8]
  • Instance of: medium-sized district town[9], urban municipality in Germany[10]
  • Shares border with: Goch[11], Bedburg-Hau[12], Kranenburg[13], Kalkar[14], Emmerich am Rhein[15], Millingen aan de Rijn[16], Rijnwaarden[17]
  • Founder: Dietrich V, Count of Cleves[18]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Materborn[19], Reichswalde[20], Rindern[21], Schenkenschanz[22], Warbeyen[23], Bimmen[24], Brienen[25], Donsbrüggen[26], Düffelward[27], Griethausen[28], Keeken[29], Kellen[30]
  • Twinned administrative body: Ronse[31], Fitchburg[32], Worcester[33], Ameland[34], Dogbo-Tota[35]
  • Postal code: 47533[36]
  • Commons category: Kleve[37]
  • Licence plate code: KLE[38]
  • Local dialing code: 02821[39]
  • Archives at: Stadtarchiv Kleve[40]
  • Inception: 1092[41]
  • Coordinate location: 51.79, 6.14[42]
  • Official website: https://www.kleve.de/[43]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kleve[44]
  • Commons gallery: Kleve[45]
  • Described at URL: https://www.kek-online.de/medienkonzentration/mediendatenbank/#/profile/shareholder/5be1a6b6-dbb9-4584-9fad-507f63c67467[46]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: Rhine-Waal Euroregion[47]
  • Population: 48,802[48], 25,040[49], 51,320[50], 44,043[51], 51,845[52], 52,470[53], 53,388[54], 53,458[55], 53,028[56], 53,094[57]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[58], Regesta Imperii[59], Topographia Westphaliae[60], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[61]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Kleve include Kleve[62], a rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia[63], in Germany[64], founded in 1816[65] and Province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg[66], a provinces of Prussia[67], in Prussia[68], founded in 1815[69].

Why It Matters

Kleve has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[70] Kleve is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[71]

Entities named for Kleve include Kleve[62], a rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia[63], in Germany[64], founded in 1816[65] and Province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg[66], a provinces of Prussia[67], in Prussia[68], founded in 1815[69].

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [62] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  1. [63] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [70] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [71] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+48802'}, {'amount': '+25040'}, {'amount': '+51320'} +8
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  2. 14w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 88175
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  3. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+48802'}, {'amount': '+25040'}, {'amount': '+51320'} +8
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  4. 17w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in or next to body of water → Rhine
    Located in → —
    Capital of → Kleve
    Open data portal → Offene Daten Stadt Kleve
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