Vettweiß

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Vettweiß
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Cologne
District	Düren
Mayor	Josef Kranz
Basic statistics
Area	83.14 km² (32.1 sq mi)
Elevation	158 m  (518 ft)
Population	9,027  (30/09/2005)
- Density	109 /km² (281 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	DN
Postal code	52391
Area codes	02424, 02425 (Ginnick)
Website	www.vettweiss.de Coordinates: 50°44′20″N 06°35′50″E / 50.73889, 6.59722

Vettweiß (alternative spelling: Vettweiss) is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approx. 10 km south-east of Düren.

[edit] Division of the municipality

Vettweiß consists of 11 villages:

• Vettweiß with Kettenheim
• Froitzheim with Frangenheim
• Ginnick
• Soller
• Jakobwüllesheim
• Kelz
• Lüxheim
• Gladbach with Mersheim
• Müddersheim
• Disternich
• Sievernich

[edit] Politics

14 seats in the local parliament are held by the CDU (Christian Democratic Union), 7 are held by the BI (local citizens' initiative), 4 by the SPD (Social Democrats) and one each by the FDP (Free Liberals) and the Greens. Mayor Josef Kranz is independent.

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