Moers
city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Summary
Moers is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Moers ranks in the top 6% of urban municipality in germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,541 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia[3], Mayors for Peace[4], Städte- und Gemeindebund Nordrhein-Westfalen[5]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Wesel[6]
- Country: Germany[7]
- Head of government: Christoph Fleischhauer[8], Julia Zupancic[9]
- Instance of: big city[10], large district town[11]
- Shares border with: Rheinberg[12], Duisburg[13], Neukirchen-Vluyn[14], Kamp-Lintfort[15]
- Twinned administrative body: Ramla[16], Maisons-Alfort[17], Bapaume[18], Seelow[19], Knowsley[20]
- Postal code: 47441–47447[21]
- Child organization or unit: Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe[22]
- Commons category: Moers[23]
- Licence plate code: MO[24]
- Local dialing code: 02841[25]
- Archives at: Stadtarchiv Moers[26]
- Coordinate location: 51.459166666667, 6.6197222222222[27]
- Significant event: Siege of Meurs[28]
- Official website: https://www.moers.de/[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Moers[30]
- Commons gallery: Moers[31]
- Described at URL: https://www.kek-online.de/medienkonzentration/mediendatenbank/#/profile/shareholder/5be1a6b6-16cc-47a7-b569-02a1f47976c8[32]
- Population: 107,816[33], 103,949[34], 101,511[35], 103,725[36], 105,287[37], 105,606[38], 101,503[39], 101,298[40]
- External data available at URL: https://www.offenesdatenportal.de/organization/moers[41]
- Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[42], Topographia Circuli Burgundici[43], Topographia Westphaliae[44]
- Official name: Moers[45]
- Category for people born here: Q15069787[46]
- Category for people who died here: Q43888270[47]
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Physical Characteristics
Moers sits at an elevation of 30[48].
Why It Matters
Moers has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Moers is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]