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384:Postal codes
272:Subdivisions
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1579:Lüder Lüers
1447:Igoumenitsa
1405:Velbert is
723:Independent
468:Berg region
440:Low Rhenish
400:02051–02053
389:42549–42555
213: /
1846:Categories
1794:Langenfeld
1670:2021-02-21
1664:velbert.de
1642:2024-06-20
1607:References
1554:Bürgerhaus
1483:Hacıbektaş
1399:See also:
1379:Heidhausen
1372:Rosenhügel
1360:Langenberg
1331:Rosenhügel
1323:Langenberg
1288:Velbert's
1107:(Piraten)
555:Candidate
503:Langenberg
491:Hordt-Berg
476:Düsseldorf
324:Population
280:Government
266:Mettmann
1530:Buildings
1368:Nierenhof
1350:-Velbert-
1336:Wuppertal
1319:Nierenhof
1312:–
1304:–-
1267:Economics
809:2nd round
805:1st round
480:Wuppertal
458:Geography
372:UTC+02:00
351:UTC+01:00
346:Time zone
316:Elevation
1819:Wülfrath
1809:Ratingen
1799:Mettmann
1695:, 2009,
1508:Theatres
1460:Podujevë
1348:Wülfrath
1306:Gladbeck
1244:Source:
1075:The Left
893:(Grüne)
705:The Left
539:Politics
448:Mettmann
261:District
174:Velbert
142:Velbert
24:Velbert
1814:Velbert
1774:Erkrath
1693:Cologne
1518:Museums
1407:twinned
1364:Neviges
1356:Kettwig
1354:–
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1310:Bottrop
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1294:line S9
1224:65,875
1200:31,665
1166:31,194
795:65,837
789:65,876
778:24,621
772:31,673
744:24,484
738:31,133
623:12,132
599:12,352
593:12,730
509:History
486:river.
427:Velbert
415:Website
230:Germany
226:Country
198:51°20′N
1789:Hilden
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1290:S-Bahn
1203:100.0
1197:Total
1110:1,177
1080:1,174
1050:1,392
1047:(FDP)
1020:1,643
998:1,998
995:(AfD)
963:2,343
931:5,435
928:(SPD)
896:6,543
866:9,471
863:(CDU)
850:Seats
841:Votes
838:Party
781:100.0
775:100.0
769:Total
709:1,009
691:1,262
673:1,862
657:1,915
641:5,148
617:6,686
575:Votes
569:Votes
558:Party
521:Werden
444:Vèlbed
332:82,462
1496:Morąg
1434:Corby
1383:Hösel
1340:Hagen
1314:Essen
1227:48.1
1169:98.5
934:17.4
907:10.2
899:21.0
869:30.4
798:37.4
792:48.1
747:99.4
741:98.3
644:16.5
626:49.6
620:21.5
602:50.4
596:40.9
287:Mayor
237:State
201:7°3′E
1779:Haan
1697:ISBN
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1186:1.5
1183:471
1158:New
1152:New
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1121:1.3
1113:3.8
1091:1.6
1083:3.8
1061:0.4
1053:4.5
1031:1.3
1023:5.3
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974:2.2
966:7.5
942:9.7
877:4.2
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758:1.7
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730:1.7
727:521
712:3.2
694:4.1
676:6.0
660:6.2
484:Ruhr
376:CEST
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58:Flag
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