Kleve

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Town
Schwanenburg Castle
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Kleve within Kleve district
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Coordinates: 51°47′24″N 06°08′24″E / 51.79000°N 6.14000°E / 51.79000; 6.14000
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Düsseldorf
District	Kleve
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Wolfgang Gebing[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	97.79 km2 (37.76 sq mi)
Elevation	12 m (39 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	53,458
• Density	550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	47533
Dialling codes	0 28 21
Vehicle registration	KLE
Website	www.kleve.de

Kleve (German: [ˈkleːvə] ^ⓘ; traditional English: Cleves /kliːvz/ KLEEVZ; Dutch: Kleef; French: Clèves; Spanish: Cléveris; Latin: Clivia; Low Rhenish: Kleff) is a town in the Lower Rhine region of northwestern Germany near the Dutch border and the River Rhine. From the 11th century onwards, Cleves was capital of a county and later a duchy. Today, Cleves is the capital of the district of Kleve in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The city is home to one of the campuses of the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences.