Lünen is a town of around 86,000 people in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on both banks of the River Lippe north of Dortmund, and is the largest town in the Unna district within the Ruhr Area. In 2009 it built a biogas plant generating electricity from animal waste, which the town describes as the first public electricity supply of its kind in the world, supplying heat and power to about 26,000 homes.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude51.616667 degrees north 1 Sources
1. Lünen (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 85,844 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.616667, longitude 7.516667
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 58 m
P2046 (area)
area 59.0 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 85844 (2025)
View the SourceLünen (Wikipedia)
- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Germany; continent follows from the atlas record for Germany
[ˈlyːnən] ) is a town with around 86000 inhabitants in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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