Spork

Spork is a locality of the town of Bocholt in the district of Borken. It was first mentioned in 1188 as Sporklo. Formerly an independent municipality, it was merged into the city of Bocholt in 1975. Its population was 972 in December 2017.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Suderwick and Dinxperlo.

Suderwick

Village

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Suderwick is a village in the city of Bocholt, Kreis Borken in the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Suderwick is situated at the Germany-Netherlands border and forms one urban area with Dinxperlo, a town in Aalten municipality of Gelderland province of the Netherlands. Suderwick is situated 4 km west of Spork.

Dinxperlo

Village

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Dinxperlo is a town and former municipality in the eastern Netherlands, situated directly at the Germany-Netherlands border. Since 1 January 2005, Dinxperlo has been part of the municipality of Aalten. Dinxperlo is situated 5 km west of Spork.

De Heurne

Village

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De Heurne is a village in the municipality of Aalten, near Dinxperlo, Province of Gelderland, in the east of the Netherlands. The village was first mentioned in 1841 as "Beggelder en Heurne", and means "means bent ". De Heurne is situated 6 km northwest of Spork.

Spork

Type: Village with 1,000 residents
Description: locality of Bocholt in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Categories: human settlement, neighborhood, and locality
Location: Bocholt, Borken, Münster, Münsterland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

51.86311° or 51° 51′ 47″ north

Longitude

6.56079° or 6° 33′ 39″ east

Population

1,000

Open location code

9F38VH76+68

OpenStreetMap ID

node 295350966

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

Wikidata ID

Q28228279

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From Dutch to Irish—“Spork” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Spork”
German: “Spork”
Irish: “Spork”
“Spork”

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