Type: | Stadt |
Image Coa: | DEU Straelen COA.svg |
Coordinates: | 51.45°N 6.2667°W |
Image Plan: | Straelen in KLE.svg |
State: | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Region: | Düsseldorf |
District: | Kleve |
Elevation: | 35 |
Area: | 74 |
Postal Code: | 47638 |
Area Code: | 02834 & 02839 |
Licence: | KLE |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 05 1 54 052 |
Website: | www.straelen.de |
Mayor: | Bernd Kuse[1] |
Leader Term: | 2020 - 25 |
Straelen (pronounced as /de/; Low Rhenish: Strale) is a municipality in the district of Cleves, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands, approx. 10 km north-east of Venlo.
Twinning : Bayon in Meurthe-et-Moselle (France), since 7 July 1963.
Straelen was first mentioned in Latin as Strala in 1063.