Dormagen

Dormagen
Coat of arms
Dormagen
Location of Dormagen within Rhein-Kreis Neuss district
Coordinates: 51°06′N 6°49′E / 51.100°N 6.817°E / 51.100; 6.817Coordinates: 51°06′N 6°49′E / 51.100°N 6.817°E / 51.100; 6.817
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Düsseldorf
District	Rhein-Kreis Neuss
Government
• Mayor	Eric Lierenfeld (SPD)
Area
• Total	85.4 km2 (33.0 sq mi)
Elevation	45 m (148 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	64,064
• Density	750/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	41539–41542
Dialling codes	02133, 02182
Vehicle registration	NE & GV
Website	www.dormagen.de

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

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

Dormagen consists of 16 subdivisions (with population figure):

Dormagen was founded 50 AD. Its name was Durnomagus.

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

The town has three stations (Dormagen, Nievenheim and Dormagen Chempark) on the Lower Left Rhine Railway, linking Cologne and Krefeld.

The German motorway 57 connects Dormagen with the same cities.

¹ City of Dormagen