Place:Velen, Westfalen, Preußen, Germany

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NameVelen
TypeTown
Coordinates51.9°N 6.983°E
Located inWestfalen, Preußen, Germany
Also located inBorken, Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany    
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Velen is a town in the district Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with about 12,000 citizens. It consists of the two settlements of Velen and Ramsdorf and the four rural regions Ostendorf-Krueckling, Bleking-Holthausen, Nordvelen and Waldvelen. In 2003 the town received the title "staatlich anerkannter Erholungsort" (recreation village approved by the state) from the regional president. Since August 2012 it is a town.

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