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Datteln
Town

Coat of arms
Location of Datteln within Recklinghausen district
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Recklinghausen
Subdivisions	2
Government
• Mayor	Wolfgang Werner
Area
• Total	66.08 km² (25.51 sq mi)
Elevation	49 m (161 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)^[1]
• Total	35,200
• Density	530/km² (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	45711
Dialling codes	0 23 63
Vehicle registration	RE
Website	www.datteln.de

Datteln is a town in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on a crossroads of four canals (Datteln-Hamm Canal, Wesel-Datteln Canal, Dortmund-Ems Canal and Rhein-Herne Canal), which makes it the biggest canal junction in Europe, approx. 10 km north-east of Recklinghausen and 20 km north-west of Dortmund.

Coal power plant Datteln 2

International relations

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v t e Towns and municipalities in Recklinghausen (district)
Castrop-Rauxel Datteln Dorsten Gladbeck Haltern am See Herten Marl Oer-Erkenschwick Recklinghausen Waltrop		Coat of Arms of Recklinghausen district

References

^ "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.

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