Velen

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{{Infobox German location

|type = Town

|name = Velen

|image_flag = Flagge Velen.svg

|image_coa = DEU Velen COA.svg

|image_photo = Schloss Velen.jpg

|image_caption = Velen Castle

|coordinates = {{coord|51|53|38|N|06|59|23|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Velen in BOR.svg

|state = North Rhine-Westphalia

|region = Münster

|district = Borken

|elevation = 57

|area = 70.75

|postal_code = 46342

|area_code = 0 28 63

|licence = AH, BOH, BOR

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 5 54 064

|divisions = 6

|website = {{url|www.velen.de}}

|mayor = Dagmar Jeske[https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020], Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 June 2021.

|leader_term = 2020–25

|party =

}}

Velen ({{IPA|de|ˈfeːlən}}) is a town in the district Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with about 12,000 citizens. It consists of the two settlements of Velen and Ramsdorf and the four rural regions Ostendorf-Krueckling, Bleking-Holthausen, Nordvelen and Waldvelen. In 2003 the town received the title "staatlich anerkannter Erholungsort" (recreation village approved by the state) from the regional president. Since August 2012 it is a town. It was arwarded the title "annerkannter Luftkurort" (state-approved climatic health resort) in January of 2023.