What is Neuss?
{{Infobox German Location |Art = City |Wappen = DEU Neuss COA.svg |image_flag = Flagge Neuss.svg |coordinates = {{coord|51|12|N|6|42|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |Lageplan = |Lageplanbeschreibung = |Bundesland = Nordrhein-Westfalen |Regierungsbezirk = [[Düsseldorf Government Region|Düsseldorf]] |Kreis = [[Rhein-Kreis Neuss Rural District|Rhein-Kreis Neuss]] |Höhe = 30 - 67.5 |Fläche = 99.48 |Einwohner = 152450 <!--http://www.neuss.de/neuss/wirtschaft/statistiken/downloads/ba_ns0907.pdf--><!-- Doch per Hand weil Zahl sehr veraltet --><!-- Bitte nicht per Hand aktualisieren: [[Wikipedia:WikiProjekt_Kommunen_und_Landkreise_in_Deutschland/Einwohnerzahlen]] --> |Stand = 2007-09-30 |PLZ = 41460-41472 |Vorwahl = 02131, 02137 (Norf), 02182 |Kfz = NE |Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 1 62 024 |Gliederung = 28 statistische Bezirke |Website = {{url|http://www.neuss.de}} |Bürgermeister = Herbert Napp |Partei = CDU }} '''Neuss''' ([[Low Franconian]] and [[Ripuarian language|Ripuarian]]: ''Nüüs'', ({{lang-la|Novaesium}}; officially apelled ''Neuß'' until 1968) is a city in the west of [[Germany]], in the [[States of Germany|state]] of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]. In the local dialect it is called ''Nüss'' or Neuß. Neuss has about 150,000 [[inhabitant]]s. It is on the [[Rhine]], across from the big city of [[Düsseldorf]]. Neuss was founded by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] about 2,000 years ago. The Romans called the town ''Castra Novesia''. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commonscat-inline}} {{Cities in Germany}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Rhein-Kreis Neuss]] {{multistub|geo|Europe}}