Wesel
city in Germany
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds
0 sources
Summary
Wesel is a large district town[1]. Wesel ranks in the top 10% of large district town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,225 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: Rainer Benien[8]
- Instance of: Hanseatic city[9], district capital[10], urban municipality in Germany[11], city[12]
- Shares border with: Hamminkeln[13], Hünxe[14], Voerde[15], Rheinberg[16], Alpen[17], Xanten[18], Rees[19]
- Twinned administrative body: Hagerstown[20], Salzwedel[21], Felixstowe[22], Kętrzyn[23]
- Postal code: 46483[24], 46485[25], 46487[26]
- Child organization or unit: Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe[27]
- Commons category: Wesel[28]
- Local dialing code: 0281[29], 02803[30], 02859[31]
- Archives at: Stadtarchiv Wesel[32]
- Coordinate location: 51.658611111111, 6.6177777777778[33]
- Official website: https://www.wesel.de/[34]
- Topic's main category: Category:Wesel[35]
- Commons gallery: Wesel[36]
- Population: 60,088[37], 60,496[38], 56,584[39], 60,357[40], 60,688[41], 61,330[42], 61,277[43], 60,785[44], 60,717[45]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[46], Topographia Westphaliae[47], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[48], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[49], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[50], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[51], New International Encyclopedia[52], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[53]
- Capital of: Rees District[54], Wesel[55]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Wesel[56]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Wesel[57]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Wesel[58]
- Short name: Wes[59]
- Different from: Wesel[60]
Why It Matters
Wesel has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Wesel is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]