Meerbusch

Meerbusch
Old Bell Tower in Büderich.
Meerbusch
Location of the town of Meerbusch within Rhein-Kreis Neuss district
Coordinates	51°16′N 6°40′E / 51.26667°N 6.66667°E / 51.26667; 6.66667Coordinates: 51°16′N 6°40′E / 51.26667°N 6.66667°E / 51.26667; 6.66667
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Düsseldorf
District	Rhein-Kreis Neuss
Mayor	Dieter Spindler (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	64.37 km2 (24.85 sq mi)
Elevation	29 - 41 m
Population	54,318 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	844 /km2 (2,186 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	NE
Postal codes	40667, 40668, 40670
Area codes	02132, 02150, 02159
Website	www.meerbusch.de

Meerbusch, a town in Rhein-Kreis Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, has been an incorporated city since 1970. Meerbusch is the municipality with the second most income millionaires in North Rhine-Westphalia.^[2]

Geography

The town is located just outside Düsseldorf near Düsseldorf International Airport and Messe Düsseldorf. Further neighbour cities are Neuss, Krefeld, Duisburg, Kaarst and Willich. The total area of 36 square kilometres is divided into:

Area of each municipality of Meerbusch

Division	Area (km²)	Area (%)	Population[3]
Büderich	17.06	26	21528
Osterath	12.02	18	12756
Lank-Latum	6.85	11	9861
Strümp	6.20	10	5836
Ossum-Bösinghoven	5.03	8	2272
Nierst	7.22	11	1387
Langst-Kierst	3.55	6	1004
Ilverich	6.44	10	649

Division of the town

There are eight city districts which used to be independent communities before the city's incorporation: Büderich, Osterath, Lank-Latum, Ossum-Bösinghoven, Strümp, Langst-Kierst, Nierst and Ilverich.

Economy

Various companies have settled their branch offices in several industrial parks. Above all, IMAV-Hydraulik GmbH has its headquarters in „Breite Straße“ and Epson, Ernst-Rademacher GmbH, Nedap, ATHLON, BOBST GROUP and Kyocera Mita have settled in Office Park Mollsfeld. This enlarged area is called "Mollsfeld North". In the neighbourhood, there are also many industrial parks mostly used for logistics because of the highway. The industrial park „Fritz-Wendt-Straße“ in Strümp was developed because of the grinding technology company Wendt GmbH. „In der Loh“ business park in Lank hosts small and middle class companies like Abit AG or KUPP GmbH and features modern architecture in „Robert-Bosch-Straße“.

Street map of Meerbusch

Twin city

• Fouesnant in Bretagne, France
• Shijonawate　in Osaka, Japan

Websites

http://www.meerbusch.de

• Meerbusch Information about the City of Meerbusch

References

1. ^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html. 
2. ^ Landesamt für Datenverarbeitung und Statistik Nordrhein-Westfalen. "Income Millionaires in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2001 and 2004" (in German) (PDF). http://www.lds.nrw.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/2008/pdf/81_08.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-29. 
3. ^ "Statistical Yearbook of Meerbusch 2007" (in German) (PDF). http://www.meerbusch.de/C1257378004FB21C/files/Teil_02.pdf/$file/Teil_02.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-30.