Kalkar

Kalkar
The Kalkar Town Hall
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Düsseldorf
District	Kleve
Town subdivisions	13 districts
Mayor	Gerhard Fonck (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	km² ( sq mi)
Elevation	m  (46 ft)
Population	Please give "Stand or population_as_of" in YYYY-MM-DD format , e. g. 2005-12-31
- Density	/km² ( /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST ([[UTC+1]]/[[UTC+2|+2]])
Licence plate	KLE
Postal code	47546
Area codes	0 28 24
Website	www.kalkar.de Coordinates: 51°44′20″N 6°17′33″E / 51.73889, 6.2925

Kalkar is a town and a municipality in the district of Cleves, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the Rhine, approx. 10 km south-east of Cleves. The most famous building of Kalkar is its church St. Nicolai, which has one of the most significant sacral inventory from the late middle ages in Europe.

Kalkar is the site for the failed SNR-300 Fast breeder-type Nuclear Reactor.

Towns and municipalities in Kleve (district)
Bedburg-Hau | Emmerich | Geldern | Goch | Issum | Kalkar | Kerken | Kevelaer | Kleve | Kranenburg | Rees | Rheurdt | Straelen | Uedem | Wachtendonk | Weeze

Coordinates: 51°44′20″N, 6°17′33″E

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