What is Dorsten?
{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_coa = Wappen Dorsten.svg |image_flag = Banner Dorsten.svg |image_photo = Stadtwaage und St Agatha-Dorsten.jpg |image_caption = Historical town hall and St. Agatha cathedral |coordinates = {{coord|51|39|36|N|6|57|51|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Dorsten in RE.svg |state = Nordrhein-Westfalen |region = [[Münster (region)|Münster]] |district = [[Recklinghausen Rural District|Recklinghausen]] |elevation = 74 <!--average of 27–122--> |area = 171 |population = 77643 |Stand = 2009-06-30 |Gemeindeschlüssel = 05562012 |postal_code = 46282, 46284, 46286 |area_code = 02362, 02369, 02866 |licence = RE |website = [http://www.dorsten.de/ www.dorsten.de] |mayor = Tobias Stockhoff |party = CDU }} '''Dorsten''' ({{IPA-de|ˈdɔʁstən}}; [[Westphalian language|Westphalian]]: ''Dössen'') is a town in the district of [[Recklinghausen Rural District|Recklinghausen]] in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]]. About 75,000 people live in Dorsten. == Twin towns – sister cities == Dorsten is [[Town twinning|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web|title=Partnerstädte und Partnerschaften|url=https://www.dorsten.de/Unsere_Stadt/Stadtinformationen/Partnerschaften/Partnerstaedte.asp|website=dorsten.de|publisher=Dorsten|language=de|access-date=2019-11-29|archive-date=2020-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223040606/http://www.dorsten.de/Unsere_Stadt/Stadtinformationen/Partnerschaften/Partnerstaedte.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=25em}} *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Crawley]], England, United Kingdom *{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Dormans]], France *{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Ernée]], France *{{flagicon|GER}} [[Hainichen, Saxony|Hainichen]] in Germany *{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Hod HaSharon]], Israel *{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Newtownabbey]], Northern Ireland, United Kingdom *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Rybnik]], Poland *{{f