Hünxe

Municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Flag

Coat of arms

Location of Hünxe within Wesel district

(2020–25) Dirk Buschmann^[1]Area

• Total106.8 km² (41.2 sq mi)Elevation

35 m (115 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total13,787 • Density130/km² (330/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

46569

Dialling codes02858, 02064, 0281, 02853, 02855, 02856Vehicle registrationWESWebsitewww.huenxe.de

Hünxe (German pronunciation: [ˈhyːnksə])^{[citation needed]} is a municipality in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is part of the Rhine-Waal euroregion

Geography

Hünxe is located approximately 10 km east of Wesel and 9 km north of Dinslaken. The neighbouring municipalities are: Schermbeck, Dorsten, Bottrop, Dinslaken, Voerde, Wesel und Hamminkeln. The most part of the municipality belongs to the natural park Hohe Mark. The river Lippe and the Wesel–Datteln Canal cross the municipality.

Area

The municipality of Hünxe spans over an area of 106,80 km². It is divided into the six subdivisions of Hünxe, Bruckhausen, Bucholtwelmen, Drevenack, Gartrop-Bühl and Krudenburg.

People

Rainer Keller (1965-2022), German politician (SPD)
Alfred Grimm (born 1943), German artist

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
^ "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.