Nettetal
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| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Administrative region | Düsseldorf |
| District | Viersen |
| Population | 43,260 (2005) |
| Area | 83.64 km² |
| Population density | 517 /km² |
| Elevation | 40 m |
| Coordinates | 51°19′ N 6°17′ E |
| Postal code | 41334 |
| Area code | 02153, 02157 |
| Licence plate code | VIE |
| Mayor | Christian Wagner (CDU) |
| Website | nettetal.de |
Nettetal is a municipality in the district of Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is not a town itself, but a federation of villages that have developed around the river Nette, and the worked out gravel pits that now form five lakes. Nettetal is situated on the border with the Netherlands, approx. 20 km north-west from Mönchengladbach and 10 km south-east from Venlo, the Netherlands.
Nettetal consists of the following parts (2004 population in brackets):
- Lobberich (13.637)
- Kaldenkirchen (9.849)
- Breyell (8.229)
- Hinsbeck (5.149)
- Leuth (1.805)
- Schaag (3.807)
The main town of Nettetal is Lobberich, which owes its past wealth from the local German lace industries which developed exponentially before the First World War, and the town owes it's impressive late Victorian Church. During the Second World War the Ancient Church was pierced by an American high-explosive shell, the crater of which can still be seen in the wall to date.
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