Inden

Inden is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the river Inde, approx. 10 km north-west of Düren. In the area around Inden lignite is extracted in open-pit mines. Several hundreds of inhabitants have been resettled in the 1990s and 2000s because of these activities.

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Inden, Switzerland

Inden is a municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

History

Inden is first mentioned in 1242 as Indes.

Geography

Inden has an area, as of 2009, of 9.9 square kilometers (3.8 sq mi). Of this area, 0.84 km² (0.32 sq mi) or 8.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.92 km² (1.13 sq mi) or 29.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.27 km² (0.10 sq mi) or 2.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 5.82 km² (2.25 sq mi) or 59.0% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 26.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops and 3.1% is pastures and 5.4% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 10.1% is unproductive vegetation and 48.9% is too rocky for vegetation.