Gangelt

Gangelt
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Gangelt
Location of Gangelt within Heinsberg district
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Heinsberg
Area
• Total	48.73 km2 (18.81 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	11,642
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	52538
Dialling codes	02454
Vehicle registration	HS
Website	www.gangelt.de

Gangelt is a municipality in the district of Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the border with the Netherlands, approx. 10 km east of Sittard and 10 km south-west of Heinsberg. Gangelt was the town in which Gerard Kremer, better known as Gerardus Mercator, lived for the first five or six years of his life. Mercator was a famous cartographer (born 1512).

Geography

Neighbour municipalities

	Waldfeucht	Heinsberg
Selfkant		Geilenkirchen
Sittard	Onderbanken

Local subdivisions

• Gangelt with 2.521 inhabitants
• Birgden with 2.977 inhabitants
• Breberen with 828 inhabitants
• Broichhoven with 168 inhabitants
• Brüxgen with 513 inhabitants
• Buscherheide with 132 inhabitants
• Harzelt with 201 inhabitants
• Hastenrath with 536 inhabitants
• Hohenbusch with 45 inhabitants
• Kievelberg with 32 inhabitants
• Kreuzrath with 504 inhabitants
• Langbroich with 807 inhabitants
• Mindergangelt with 244 inhabitants
• Nachbarheid with 120 inhabitants
• Niederbusch with 601 inhabitants
• Schierwaldenrath with 596 inhabitants
• Schümm with 93 inhabitants
• Stahe with 1.029 inhabitants
• Vinteln with 42 inhabitants

(21.02.2007)

History

Gangelt was first mentioned in a document in 828 as a King's property.

Town twinning

• Sohland an der Spree, Germany, since 1991
• Kruibeke, Belgium, since 1998
• Onderbanken, Netherlands, since 1975

Sons and Daughters of Gangelt

• Gerardus Mercator, cartographer born 1512