What is Datteln?
{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |name = Datteln |image_photo = Datteln Alter Marktplatz Tigg.jpg |image_coa = DEU_Datteln_COA.svg |image_flag = Banner Datteln.svg |coordinates = {{coord|51|39|14|N|7|20|30|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Datteln in RE.svg |state = Nordrhein-Westfalen |region = [[Regierungsbezirk Münster|Münster]] |district = Recklinghausen |elevation = 49 |area = 66.08 |population = 35875 |Stand = 2009-06-30 |postal_code = 45711 |area_code = 0 23 63 |licence = RE |Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 5 62 008 |divisions = 2 |website = {{url|https://www.datteln.de/}} |mayor = André Dora |party = SPD }} '''Datteln''' is a town in the [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] state of [[Germany]]. As of 5 September 2011, 34,481 people lived there. Datteln is in the [[Recklinghausen Rural District]]. It is at the intersection of four canals: the [[Datteln-Hamm Canal]], the [[Wesel-Datteln Canal]], the [[Dortmund-Ems Canal]] and the [[Rhein-Herne Canal]]. This is the largest canal junction in the world. Datteln has the very large, controversial E-on [[power plant]], one of the world's most advanced [[coal|hard coal]]-fired power plants.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eon.com/en/about-us/structure/asset-finder/datteln4.html |title=E.ON SE - Power Plant Datteln 4 |work=eon.com |year=2014 |access-date=2 June 2014 |archive-date=9 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309071354/http://www.eon.com/en/about-us/structure/asset-finder/datteln4.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia]] [[Category:Recklinghausen (district)]]