Roetgen

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Roetgen
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Cologne
District	Aachen
Municipal subdivisions	3
Mayor	Manfred Eis (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	39.033 km² (15.1 sq mi)
Elevation	386 m  (1266 ft)
Population	8,186  (31/12/2006)
- Density	210 /km² (543 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	AC
Postal code	52159
Area code	02471
Website	www.roetgen.de Coordinates: 50°39′00″N 6°12′00″E / 50.65, 6.2

Roetgen is a municipality in the district of Aachen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

[edit] Geography

Roetgen is located approximately 15 km south-east of Aachen, near the border to Belgium. It is attractive for commuters, because it is close to Aachen.

[edit] Division of the municipality

Roetgen consists of three districts:

• Roetgen
• Rott
• Mulartshütte

Mulartshütte is the oldest settlement of the three.

[edit] External links

• Official site (German)

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