Mettingen

Mettingen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Mettingen
Location of Mettingen within Steinfurt district
Mettingen
Mettingen
Coordinates: 52°19′0″N 7°46′50″E
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionMünster
DistrictSteinfurt
Government
  MayorChristina Rählmann
Area
  Total40 km2 (20 sq mi)
Elevation
74 m (243 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[1]
  Total11,882
  Density300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
49497
Dialling codes05452
Vehicle registrationST
Websitewww.mettingen.de

Geography

Mettingen is about 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of Rheine and 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of Osnabrück.

Places close to Mettingen

Villages close to Mettingen are Recke in the west, Neuenkirchen, (Lower Saxony) in the north, Ibbenbüren in the south and Westerkappeln in the east.

Notable persons

The founders of the textile company C&A, Clemens and August Brenninkmeyer, were born in Mettingen. Also Annika Suthe, participant of the 2004 Summer Olympics (javelin throw) was born there.

References

  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

Other websites

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