Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia

Borken
Coat of arms of Borken
Location of Borken within Borken district
Borken (district)North Rhine-WestphaliaKleve (district)Wesel (district)Coesfeld (district)Coesfeld (district)Lower SaxonySteinfurt (district)NetherlandsRaesfeldHeidenRhedeBocholtBorkenRekenVelenStadtlohnHeekAhausGescherLegdenSchöppingenGronauVredenSüdlohnIsselburg
Borken is located in Germany
Borken
Borken
Borken is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Borken
Borken
Coordinates: 51°50′N 6°52′E / 51.833°N 6.867°E / 51.833; 6.867
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionMünster
DistrictBorken
Subdivisions12
Government
 • Mayor (2020–25) Mechtild Schulze-Hessing[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total152.6 km2 (58.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total43,589
 • Density290/km2 (740/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
46325
Dialling codes02861
Vehicle registrationBOR

Borken (German pronunciation: [ˈbɔʁkn̩] , Westphalian: Buorken) is a town and the capital of the district of the same name, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

  1. ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.