DORMAGEN

'Dormagen' is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss.

Contents

Geography

Division of the town

History

Economy

Transporation

Population

Twin Towns

Geography

Dormagen is situated between Düsseldorf - Cologne - Mönchengladbach on the western bank of the river Rhine.

Division of the town

Dormagen consists of 16 districts: Broich, Delhoven, Delrath, Dormagen Mitte, Gohr, Hackenbroich, Hackhausen, Horrem, Knechtsteden, Nievenheim, Rheinfeld, St. Peter, Straberg, Stürzelberg, Ückerath, Zons.

History

Dormagen was founded 50 AD. Its name was ''Durnomagus''.

Economy

Its main industry and employer is the chemical factory of Bayer AG.

Transporation

The town is served by the Cologne to Düsseldorf railway line.
The German motorway 57 connects Dormagen with the same cities.

Population

Year/Date Citizens 1767 585 1835 2,660 1935 6,400 1939 5,552 1950 8,929 1968 23,655 1969 30,498 December, 31st 1974¹ 54,982 December, 31st 1975¹ 55,734 December, 31st 1976¹ 55,962 December, 31st 1977¹ 56,001 December, 31st 1978¹ 56,234 December, 31st 1979¹ 56,802

Date Citizens December, 31st 1980¹ 57,379 December, 31st 1981¹ 57,639 December, 31st 1982¹ 57,399 December, 31st 1983¹ 56,529 December, 31st 1984¹ 55,274 December, 31st 1985¹ 55,184 December, 31st 1986¹ 55,258 December, 31st 1987¹ 55,693 December, 31st 1988¹ 56,293 December, 31st 1989¹ 56,697 December, 31st 1990¹ 58,018 December, 31st 1991¹ 58,609 December, 31st 1992¹ 59,306

Date Citizens December, 31st 1993¹ 59,521 December, 31st 1994¹ 59,856 December, 31st 1995¹ 60,547 December, 31st 1996¹ 61,351 December, 31st 1997¹ 61,824 December, 31st 1998¹ 62,187 December, 31st 1999¹ 62,319 December, 31st 2000¹ 62,571 December, 31st 2001¹ 62,992 December, 31st 2002¹ 63,347 December, 31st 2003¹ 63,464 December, 31st 2004¹ 63,501 December, 31st 2005¹ 63,474

¹ City of Dormagen

Twin Towns

★ - Toro, Spain

★ - St. André, France

★ - Kiryat Ono, Israel