Rees

town in Kleve District, Düsseldorf Government Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Place urban_municipality_in_germany Q243474
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Summary

Rees is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Rees draws 1,045 Wikipedia views per month (urban municipality in germany category, ranking #142 of 1,277).[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], North Rhine-Westphalia[6]
  • Country: Germany[7]
  • Head of government: Christoph Gerwers[8]
  • Instance of: human settlement[9], Hanseatic city[10]
  • Shares border with: Isselburg[11], Hamminkeln[12], Wesel[13], Xanten[14], Emmerich am Rhein[15], Kalkar[16], Oude IJsselstreek[17]
  • Postal code: 46459[18]
  • Commons category: Rees[19]
  • Licence plate code: KLE[20]
  • Local dialing code: 02851[21]
  • Archives at: Stadtarchiv Rees[22]
  • Significant event: Siege of Rees[23]
  • Official website: https://www.stadt-rees.de/[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rees, am Rhein[25]
  • Population: 21,137[26], 16,651[27], 20,972[28], 21,045[29], 21,475[30], 21,452[31], 21,913[32], 21,446[33]
  • Described by source: Topographia Westphaliae[34]
  • Category for people born here: Q141717794[35]
  • Category for people who died here: Q141718698[36]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Rees, Germany[37]
  • Different from: Rees[38]
  • Elevation above sea level: 17 m[39], 21 m[40]
  • Area: 109.66 km²[41], 109.86 km²[42]
  • Hashtag: Rees[43]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Rees[44]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Rees[45]

Why It Matters

Rees has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Rees is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . agfs-nrw.de. Retrieved . agfs-nrw.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [4] ↑ . kommunen.nrw. Retrieved . kommunen.nrw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . DESTATIS 1975. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . statistikportal.de. Retrieved . statistikportal.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . register of German municipalities (4th quarter 2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . register of German municipalities (2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . register of German municipalities (2023). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Q137944348. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Q141265959. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23h ago · Clemens Dulcis · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people who died here → Q141718698
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Category for people who died here: Q141718698"
  2. 1d ago · Clemens Dulcis · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Q141717794
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Category for people born here: Q141717794"
  3. 1d ago · Clemens Dulcis · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Rees
    Wikidata description → town in Kleve District, Düsseldorf Government Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Ge
    Sitelink count → 42
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'be', 'ce', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'eu', 'fa',
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: Rees"
  4. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+21137'}, {'amount': '+16651'}, {'amount': '+20972'} +5
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/51891|batch #51891]]: einwohnerzahlen2025"
  5. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+21137'}, {'amount': '+16651'}, {'amount': '+20972'} +5
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39115|batch #39115]]: einwohnerzahlen2024"
  6. 17w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 51.7625, 'lon': 6.3977777777778}
    Website → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+109.66'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+109.86'}
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36128|batch #36128]]"
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