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Düren is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Düren (district)
Geography
Geographical location
The district of Düren is located in the western Rhineland between the cities of Aachen and Cologne. The Jülich-Zülpicher Börde, which belongs to the Lower Rhine Bay, extends to the north and the Eifel begins in the south. The Rur flows through the district from south to north.
Neighboring counties
Starting clockwise in the west, the district of Düren borders on the Aachen city region, the Heinsberg district, the Rhine district of Neuss, the Rhine-Erft district and the Euskirchen district.
Land use
The district covers an area of 94,137 hectares or 941.37 km². According to the municipal profile, more than half of the area is used for agriculture. A good fifth is covered with forest, which makes the proportion larger than the total transport and settlement area.
| Land use in the district of Düren | ||
| Type of use | Area in ha | Share |
| Agricultural area | 52121 | 55,4 % |
| Forest area | 19900 | 21,1 % |
| Building and open space, operational area | 7993 | 8,5 % |
| Traffic area | 6034 | 6,4 % |
| Mining land | 4711 | 5,0 % |
| Water surface | 1511 | 1,6 % |
| Recreational area, cemetery area | 1422 | 1,5 % |
| moor, heath, wasteland | 313 | 0,3 % |
| Areas of other use | 132 | 0,1 % |
Cities and towns
The district of Düren is made up of five cities and ten other municipalities. The largest city in the district is the city of Düren, which with a good 90,000 inhabitants can be classified as a large district city, followed by Jülich, which is a medium-sized district city.
The following list shows all places in the district of Düren with the population figures as of 31 December 2020.
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