Xanten
town in Wesel District, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Summary
Xanten is a medium-sized district town[1]. Xanten ranks in the top 2% of medium sized district town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,645 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Mayors for Peace[3], Städte- und Gemeindebund Nordrhein-Westfalen[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Wesel[5]
- Country: Germany[6]
- Head of government: Rafael Zur[7]
- Instance of: urban municipality in Germany[8]
- Shares border with: Wesel[9], Alpen[10], Sonsbeck[11], Uedem[12], Kalkar[13], Rees[14]
- Twinned administrative body: Beit Sahour[15], Geel[16], Saintes[17], Salisbury[18]
- Postal code: 46509[19]
- Commons category: Xanten[20]
- Licence plate code: WES[21], DIN[22], MO[23]
- Local dialing code: 02801[24], 02802[25], 02804[26]
- Coordinate location: 51.662222222222, 6.4538888888889[27]
- Official website: https://www.xanten.de/[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Xanten[29]
- Commons gallery: Xanten[30]
- Population: 21,281[31], 21,614[32], 15,688[33], 21,690[34], 21,502[35], 21,582[36], 21,776[37], 21,179[38], 21,121[39]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[40], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[41], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[42], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[43], Topographia Westphaliae[44], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[45], The Jewish Encyclopedia[46]
- Topic has template: Template:German municipality Xanten[47]
- Category for people born here: Q20856199[48]
- Category for people who died here: Q21769961[49]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Xanten[50]
- Short name: X[51]
- Elevation above sea level: 24[52]
- Area: 72.39[53], 72.43[54]
- Hashtag: Xanten[55]
Why It Matters
Xanten has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Xanten is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]