Kleve
Kleve | |
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Location of Kleve within Kleve district | |
Coordinates: 51°47′24″N 06°08′24″E / 51.79000°N 6.14000°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Düsseldorf |
District | Kleve |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–25) | Wolfgang Gebing[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 97.79 km2 (37.76 sq mi) |
Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 53,458 |
• Density | 550/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 47533 |
Dialling codes | 0 28 21 |
Vehicle registration | KLE |
Website | www.kleve.de |
Kleve (German: [ˈkleːfə] ⓘ; traditional English: Cleves /kliːvz/ KLEEVZ; Dutch: Kleef; French: Clèves; Spanish: Cléveris; Latin: Clivia; Low Rhenish: Kleff) is a town in the Lower Rhine region of northwestern Germany near the Dutch border and the River Rhine. From the 11th century onwards, Cleves was capital of a county and later a duchy. Today, Cleves is the capital of the district of Kleve in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The city is home to one of the campuses of the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences.