Kamp-Lintfort

Kamp-Lintfort (German: [ˌkampˈlɪnt.fɔʁt] (listen)) is a town in Wesel District, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located 8 kilometres (5 miles) north-west of Moers.

Kamp-Lintfort
Terraced gardens of Kamp Abbey
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Coat of arms
Location of Kamp-Lintfort within Wesel district
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Kamp-Lintfort
Kamp-Lintfort
Coordinates: 51°30′00″N 06°32′0″E
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionDüsseldorf
DistrictWesel
Government
 • MayorChristoph Landscheidt (SPD)
Area
 • Total63.16 km2 (24.39 sq mi)
Elevation
33 m (108 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total37,596
 • Density600/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
47475
Dialling codes0 28 42
Vehicle registrationWES
Websitewww.kamp-lintfort.de

Sons and daughters of the town
  • Adolf Storms (1919-2010), member of the Waffen-SS and war criminal
  • Werner Fuchs (1927-2005), painter
  • Brigitte Asdonk (born 1947), founding member of the Red Army Faction

International relations
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Twin towns — sister cities

Kamp-Linfort is twinned with:[2]

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as oceanic (Cfb).[3] It lies within the Rhine-Ruhr area which is characterized by having the warmest winters in Germany.

Climate data for Kamp-Lintfort
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 4.3
(39.7)		 5.4
(41.7)		 9.6
(49.3)		 14
(57)		 18.5
(65.3)		 21.5
(70.7)		 22.9
(73.2)		 22.7
(72.9)		 19.7
(67.5)		 14.6
(58.3)		 8.8
(47.8)		 5.5
(41.9)		 14.0
(57.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 1.9
(35.4)		 2.5
(36.5)		 6.2
(43.2)		 9.3
(48.7)		 13.3
(55.9)		 16.3
(61.3)		 17.9
(64.2)		 17.8
(64.0)		 15.1
(59.2)		 10.7
(51.3)		 6.1
(43.0)		 3.2
(37.8)		 10.0
(50.0)
Average low °C (°F) −0.5
(31.1)		 −0.3
(31.5)		 2.8
(37.0)		 4.6
(40.3)		 8.2
(46.8)		 11.2
(52.2)		 13
(55)		 12.9
(55.2)		 10.5
(50.9)		 6.9
(44.4)		 3.5
(38.3)		 0.9
(33.6)		 6.1
(43.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 67
(2.6)		 48
(1.9)		 63
(2.5)		 52
(2.0)		 68
(2.7)		 81
(3.2)		 76
(3.0)		 69
(2.7)		 63
(2.5)		 63
(2.5)		 65
(2.6)		 75
(3.0)		 790
(31.2)
Source: Climate-Data.org (altitude: 29m)[3]

References
  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2019" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. "Partnerschaften". kamp-lintfort.de (in German). Kamp-Lintfort. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  3. "Temperature, Climate graph, Climate table for Kamp-Lintfort". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 2017-09-25.


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