Mettingen | |
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Location of Mettingen within Steinfurt district | |
Coordinates: 52°19′0″N 7°46′50″E / 52.31667°N 7.78056°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Münster |
District | Steinfurt |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–25) | Christina Rählmann [1] ( SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 40 km2 (20 sq mi) |
Elevation | 74 m (243 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)
[2] | |
• Total | 12,000 |
• Density | 300/km2 (780/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
Postal codes | 49497 |
Dialling codes | 05452 |
Vehicle registration | ST |
Website | www.mettingen.de |
Mettingen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Mettingen is situated approximately 25 km east of Rheine and 20 km west of Osnabrück.
Neighbour villages of Mettingen are Recke in the west, Neuenkirchen, ( Lower Saxony) in the north, Ibbenbüren in the south and Westerkappeln in the east.
The production site of the frozen cakes manufacturer Coppenrath & Wiese is based in Mettingen. Until 2018 Mettingen had one of the last two active coal mines in Germany.
Mettingen | |
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Location of Mettingen within Steinfurt district | |
Coordinates: 52°19′0″N 7°46′50″E / 52.31667°N 7.78056°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Münster |
District | Steinfurt |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–25) | Christina Rählmann [1] ( SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 40 km2 (20 sq mi) |
Elevation | 74 m (243 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)
[2] | |
• Total | 12,000 |
• Density | 300/km2 (780/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
Postal codes | 49497 |
Dialling codes | 05452 |
Vehicle registration | ST |
Website | www.mettingen.de |
Mettingen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Mettingen is situated approximately 25 km east of Rheine and 20 km west of Osnabrück.
Neighbour villages of Mettingen are Recke in the west, Neuenkirchen, ( Lower Saxony) in the north, Ibbenbüren in the south and Westerkappeln in the east.
The production site of the frozen cakes manufacturer Coppenrath & Wiese is based in Mettingen. Until 2018 Mettingen had one of the last two active coal mines in Germany.