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WESTERKAPPELN Latitude and Longitude:

52°22′50″N 7°36′00″E / 52.38056°N 7.60000°E / 52.38056; 7.60000
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Westerkappeln
Coat of arms of Westerkappeln
Location of Westerkappeln within Steinfurt district
North Rhine-Westphalia Borken (district) Coesfeld (district) Münster Warendorf (district) Lower Saxony Greven Saerbeck Lienen Lengerich Laer Altenberge Horstmar Nordwalde Ladbergen Metelen Hörstel Westerkappeln Ibbenbüren Steinfurt Wettringen Neuenkirchen Mettingen Lotte Hopsten Ochtrup Rheine Recke Tecklenburg Emsdetten
Westerkappeln is located in Germany
Westerkappeln
Westerkappeln
Westerkappeln is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Westerkappeln
Westerkappeln
Coordinates: 52°22′50″N 7°36′00″E / 52.38056°N 7.60000°E / 52.38056; 7.60000
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Münster
District Steinfurt
Subdivisions3
Government
 •  Mayor (2020–25) Annette Große-Heitmeyer [1] ( Ind.)
Area
 • Total85.78 km2 (33.12 sq mi)
Elevation
60 m (200 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31) [2]
 • Total11,485
 • Density130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 ( CET)
 • Summer ( DST) UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
Postal codes
49492
Dialling codes05404
Vehicle registrationST (until 1975: TE)
Website www.gemeinde-westerkappeln.de

Westerkappeln is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km north-west of Osnabrück.

References

  1. ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.