Wesel

Summary

Wesel is a large district town^[1]. Wesel ranks in the top 10% of large_district_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (253 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wesel was a member of association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia^[3].
• Wesel was a member of Mayors for Peace^[4].
• Wesel was a member of Städte- und Gemeindebund Nordrhein-Westfalen^[5].
• Wesel is located in Wesel^[6].
• Wesel is in the country of Germany^[7].
• Wesel's head of government is recorded as Rainer Benien^[8].
• Wesel's image is recorded as Wesel willibrordi dom chor.jpg^[9].
• Wesel's image is recorded as Wesel01.jpg^[10].
• Wesel's instance of is recorded as large district town^[11].
• Wesel's instance of is recorded as Hanseatic city^[12].
• Wesel's instance of is recorded as district capital^[13].
• Wesel's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany^[14].
• Wesel's instance of is recorded as city^[15].
• Wesel's flag image is recorded as Flagge Wesel.svg^[16].
• Wesel's shares border with is recorded as Hamminkeln^[17].
• Wesel's shares border with is recorded as Hünxe^[18].
• Wesel's shares border with is recorded as Voerde^[19].
• Wesel's shares border with is recorded as Rheinberg^[20].
• Wesel's shares border with is recorded as Alpen^[21].
• Wesel's shares border with is recorded as Xanten^[22].
• Wesel's shares border with is recorded as Rees^[23].
• Wesel's coat of arms image is recorded as DEU Wesel COA.svg^[24].
• Wesel's twinned administrative body is recorded as Hagerstown^[25].
• Wesel's twinned administrative body is recorded as Salzwedel^[26].
• Wesel's twinned administrative body is recorded as Felixstowe^[27].

Body

Geography

Wesel is in the country of Germany^[7]. Wesel is located in Wesel^[6].

Physical Characteristics

Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+23'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+29'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+60088'}^[30], {'amount': '+60496'}^[31], {'amount': '+56584'}^[32], {'amount': '+60357'}^[33], {'amount': '+60688'}^[34], and {'amount': '+61330'}^[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include large district town^[11], Hanseatic city^[12], district capital^[13], urban municipality in Germany^[14], and city^[15].

Why It Matters

Wesel ranks in the top 10% of large_district_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (253 views/month).^[2] Wesel has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36]