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Cleves (district)
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| State: | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Adm. Region: | Düsseldorf |
| Capital: | Cleves (Kleve) |
| Area: | 1,232.15 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 302,946 (2001) |
| pop. density: | 244 inh./km² |
| Car identification: | KLE |
| Homepage: | http://www.kreis-kleve.de | Map |
Cleves (german Kleve) is a Kreis (district) in the north-west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Borken, Wesel, Viersen and the dutch provinces Limburg and Gelderland.
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The district in its present borders was created in 1975 when the former district Cleves and Geldern, and the cities Emmerich[?] and Rees[?] from the district Rees and the municipality Rheurdt[?] from the district Moers were merged.
The two precursor districts were created in 1816 when the whole rhineland became a province of Prussia. They roughly covered the historic dukedomes of Cleves and Geldern.
The district is located at the lower rhine valley, where the Rhine rivers flows into the Netherlands.
| The coat of arms combines the two coats of the two former parts. In the left half the sign of the dukes of Cleves is shown, a white shield (escutcheon) with an eight-fold lily sign. The right half shows the golden lion on blue ground, the sign of the dukes of Geldern. The coat of arms was granted in 1983. |
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External links
Official website (http://www.kreis-kleve.de) (German)
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