Dormagen

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FieldValue
Gemeindeschlüssel05 1 62 004
typeStadt
nameDormagen
image_coaDEU_Dormagen_COA.svg
image_photoDormagen StMichael.jpg
image_captionSaint Michael Church
coordinates
image_planDormagen in NE.svg
stateNordrhein-Westfalen
regionDüsseldorf
districtRhein-Kreis Neuss
elevation45
area85.5
postal_code41539–41542
area_code02133, 02182
licenceNE & GV
divisions16
websitedormagen.de
mayorErik Lierenfeld
leader_term2020–25
partySPD
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Dormagen (; Ripuarian: Dormaje) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss.

Geography

Dormagen is situated between Düsseldorf – Cologne – Mönchengladbach on the western bank of the river Rhine.

Division of the town

Dormagen consists of 16 subdivisions (with population figure):

  • Broich: see Gohr
  • Delhoven: 3,690
  • Delrath: 3,082
  • Dormagen Mitte: 5,621
  • Gohr: 2,217 (with Broich)
  • Hackenbroich (with Hackhausen): 8,689
  • Hackhausen see Hackenbroich
  • Horrem: 6,022
  • Knechtsteden:
  • Nievenheim (with Ückerath): 9,553
  • Dormagen Nord: 3,514
  • Rheinfeld: 5,403 (with Piwipp)
  • St. Peter: see Stürzelberg
  • Straberg: 2,840
  • Stürzelberg: 4,643 (with St. Peter)
  • Zons: 5,414 (with Nachtigall)
  • Piwipp: 37 (Wohnmobil Parkplatz)

History

Dormagen was founded 50 AD. Its name was Durnomagus.

Economy

Its main industry and employer is the chemical factory of Bayer AG and since its founding the Covestro AG.

Transport

The town has three stations (Dormagen, Nievenheim and Dormagen Chempark) on the Lower Left Rhine Railway, linking Cologne and Krefeld.

The German motorway 57 connects Dormagen with the same cities.

Population

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Year/DateCitizens
1767585
18352,660
19356,400
19395,552
19508,929
196823,655
196930,498
December 31, 1974¹54,982
December 31, 1975¹55,734
December 31, 1976¹55,962
December 31, 1977¹56,001
December 31, 1978¹56,234
December 31, 1979¹56,802
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DateCitizens
December 31, 1980¹57,379
December 31, 1981¹57,639
December 31, 1982¹57,399
December 31, 1983¹56,529
December 31, 1984¹55,274
December 31, 1985¹55,184
December 31, 1986¹55,258
December 31, 1987¹55,693
December 31, 1988¹56,293
December 31, 1989¹56,697
December 31, 1990¹58,018
December 31, 1991¹58,609
December 31, 1992¹59,306
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DateCitizens
December 31, 1993¹59,521
December 31, 1994¹59,856
December 31, 1995¹60,547
December 31, 1996¹61,351
December 31, 1997¹61,824
December 31, 1998¹62,187
December 31, 1999¹62,319
December 31, 2000¹62,571
December 31, 2001¹62,992
December 31, 2002¹63,347
December 31, 2003¹63,464
December 31, 2004¹63,501
December 31, 2006¹63,474
December 31, 2008¹63,139
December 31, 2015¹64,064
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|} ¹ City of Dormagen

Twin towns – sister cities

Dormagen is twinned with:

Notable people

References

References

  1. [https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020], Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
  2. "Städtepartnerschaften". Dormagen.

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