What is Backnang?
{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_photo = Backnang-Marktstrasse.jpg |image_coa = Wappen Backnang.svg |coordinates = {{coord|48|56|47|N|09|25|50|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = |state = Baden-Württemberg |region = Stuttgart |district = Rems-Murr-Kreis |elevation = 271 |area = 39.37 |population = 35661<!-- Bitte nicht per Hand aktualisieren: [[Wikipedia:WikiProjekt_Kommunen_und_Landkreise_in_Deutschland/Einwohnerzahlen]] --> |Stand = 2006-12-31 |postal_code = 71501–71522 |area_code = 07191 |licence = WN, BK |Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 1 19 008 |divisions = [[Kernstadt]] und 5 Stadtteile |website = {{url|http://www.backnang.de/}} |mayor = Frank Nopper |Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister |party = CDU }} '''Backnang''' is a [[town]] in [[Germany]], in the [[Bundesland (Germany)|Bundesland]] of [[Baden-Württemberg]] (formerly the [[kingdom (politics)|kingdom]] of [[Württemberg]]), {{convert|27|km|mi|1|lk=on|abbr=on}} northeast of [[Stuttgart]]. Its population has grown over the past [[century]] or so, from 7,650 (1900) to 35,761 (2005). == Twin towns == Backnang's [[Town twinning|twin towns]] include: * {{flag|UK}} - [[Chelmsford, England|Chelmsford]] * {{flag|France}} - [[Annonay]] * {{flag|Hungary}} - [[Bácsalmás]] ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{Commonscat-inline|Backnang}} * http://www.backnang.de - Official homepage * http://www.juzebacknang.com * http://www.backnang24.de/murr-regatta {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523190641/http://backnang24.de/murr-regatta/ |date=2007-05-23 }} {{multistub|geo|Europe}}