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| State: | Baden-Württemberg |
| Capital: | Rastatt |
| Adm. Region: | Karlsruhe |
| Area: | 738.77 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 224,958 (2002) |
| pop. density: | 305 inh./km² |
| Car identification: | RA |
| Homepage: | http://www.landkreis-rastatt.de |
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The district was created in 1939 as the successor of the Oberamt Rastatt and later the Großkreis Baden. In 1973 it was merged with the majority of the neighboring district Bühl, and some small parts of the district Kehl.
The district is located in the Rhine valley, the south-east part however is already part of the northern Black Forestmap of Germany, showing the Black Forest in red. The Black Forest ( German: "Schwarzwald") is a wooded mountain region in southwest Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of Baden-Wurttemberg along the Rhine River and the French border. The Black Forest. The highest elevation is the Hornisgrinde.
Since 1968 the district has partnership with the finnishSuomen TasavaltaRepubliken Finland ( In Detail) ( In Detail) National motto: None Official languages Finnish and Swedish Capital Helsinki President Tarja Halonen Prime minister Matti Vanhanen Area Total % water Ranked 64th 337,030 km² 9. 4% Population Tot city VantaaVantaa Vanda in Swedish) is a municipality in Finland. It borders Helsinki, the Finnish capital, on the north and east. Other neighbouring municipalities are Espoo in the west, Nurmijarvi, Kerava and Tuusula in the north and Sipoo in the east. Helsinki, E. The partnership with the italianThe Italian Republic or Italy ( Italian: Italia is a country in the south of Europe, consisting mainly of a boot-shaped peninsula together with two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia. To the north, where it borders France, Switzer Provincia di Pesaro e Urbino was started in 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan.