Viersen (district)

Viersen is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Viersen
District
Flag
Coat of arms
Coordinates:
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Adm. regionDüsseldorf
CapitalViersen
Area
 • Total563.29 km2 (217.49 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2021)[1]
 • Total298,761
 • Density530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationVIE
Websitehttp://www.kreis-viersen.de

History

In 1816, the new Prussian government created the district of Kempen. In 1929 the district was made a lot bigger and renamed Kempen-Krefeld.

In 1975 the district again changed its borders and was renamed to Viersen even though Kempen remained the capital. Viersen city replace Kempen as the capital in 1984.

Since 1983 the district has had been twinned with Cambridgeshire in England.

Coat of arms
At the top of the coat of arms is the black cross of the Cologne bishops, as the district used to belong to the clerical state Cologne. The golden lion on blue ground is the symbol of the duchy of Guelders; the black lion on golden ground the symbol of the duchy of Jülich.

Cities and municipalities
district-depending municipalities
  • Brüggen
16.211 inhabitants
15.929 inhabitants
  • Niederkrüchten
15.457 inhabitants
  • Schwalmtal
19.279 inhabitants
medium district-depending cities
36.323 inhabitants
  • Nettetal
42.434 inhabitants
30.238 inhabitants
  • Willich
51.939 inhabitants
large district-depending cities
76.330 inhabitants

based on data from: 31. December 2005>

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

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