| 1 | 1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 334 | 2.4 | New | 1 | New |- ! colspan=2| Valid votes ! 13,785 ! 98.2 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Invalid votes ! 246 ! 1.8 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Total ! 14,031 ! 100.0 ! ! 42 ! ±0 |- ! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout ! 25,727 ! 54.5 ! ! ! |- | colspan=7| Source: City of Gevelsberg |} Transport Gevelsberg is connected to the national road network by the A1 autobahn and the B 7 and B 234 roads. The municipality is served by several regional train lines of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr. There are four stations on the local line from Hagen to Wuppertal (Gevelsberg-Knapp, Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof, Gevelsberg-Kipp and Gevelsberg West) served by the S 8 trains of the Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn. Three hourly Regional-Express services, the Wupper-Express (RE 4) between Dortmund and Aachen via Düsseldorf, the Rhein-Münsterland-Express (RE 7) between Krefeld and Münster via Cologne and Hamm and the Maas-Wupper-Express (RE 13) between Venlo (Netherlands) and Hamm via Mönchengladbach, stop at Ennepetal (Gevelsberg) station. Twin towns – sister cities Gevelsberg is twinned with: Vendôme, France (1973) Szprotawa, Poland (1996) Butera, Italy (2004) Festivities Gevelsberg Kirmes – held every last weekend of June Quellenfest – every year on Ascension Thursday to Sunday Notable people Elisabeth Höngen (1906–1997), operatic mezzo-soprano Michael Cramer (born 1949), politician (The Greens), member of the European Parliament Klaus-Peter Thaler (born 1949), cyclist Alexandra Popp (born 1991), footballer Lena Oberdorf (born 2001), footballer Lukas Klostermann (born 1996), footballer External links Official website References Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis