<p><b>Castrop-Rauxel</b> is a former mining city in the eastern part of the <a href="/pages/w/108025675899074">Ruhr Area</a> in Germany.</p><h2>Geography</h2><p>Castrop-Rauxel is between <a href="/pages/w/105758929457093">Dortmund</a> to the east, <a href="/pages/w/107707062590142">Bochum</a> (south), <a href="/pages/w/104098512961175">Herne</a> (west), and to the north, <a href="/pages/w/103800939658068">Recklinghausen</a>, <a href="/pages/w/108686959156111">Datteln</a> and <a href="/pages/w/108088645885118">Waltrop</a>.</p><h3>Urban Area</h3><p>The urban area of Castrop-Rauxel has a total expanse of 51.66km². The <a href="
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halde_Schwerin" class="wikipedia">Halde Schwerin</a> is marked as the highest point of the city with 147 m over NN, the lowest point is the Pöppinghauser street beside house number 264 with 50.2 m over NN.</p><p>The city is divided into 15 districts, listed in order from north to south: <a href="
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becklem" class="wikipedia">Becklem</a>, <a href="
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrichenburg" class="wikipedia">Henrichenburg</a>, <a href="
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ickern" class="wikipedia">Ickern</a>, <a href="
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habinghorst" class="wikipedia">Habinghorst</a>, <a href="
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%B6ppinghausen_%28Castrop-Rauxel%29" class="wikipedia">Pöppinghausen</a>, <a href="
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deininghausen" class="wikipedia">Deininghausen</a>, <a href="
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauxel" class="wikipedia">Rauxel</a>, <a href="
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bladenhorst" class="wikipedia">Bladenhorst</a>, <a href="
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behringhausen" class="wikipedia">Behringhausen</a>, <a href="/pages/w/111955142154930">Castrop</a>, <a href="
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingen_%28Castrop-Rauxel%29" class="wikipedia">Dingen</a>, <a href="
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerin_%28Castrop-Rauxel%29" class="wikipedia">Schwerin</a>, <a href="
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obercastrop" class="wikipedia">Obercastrop</a>, <a href="
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frohlinde" class="wikipedia">Frohlinde</a> and <a href="
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merklinde" class="wikipedia">Merklinde</a>.</p>
