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Balve

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Balve is a town in the Markischer Kreis district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the Honnetal, a narrow valley cut by the river Honne, near the Sorpe Dam and at the north end of the Sauerland close to Dortmund. The modern town was established in 1975 from the merger of several divisions including Balve, Beckum and Eisborn and Garbeck.

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Population
11,134 1
Founding Year
946 2
Founding Year
946 2
Sources
1. Balve (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
Quote, P1082 (population)
population 11,134 (2025)
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2. Wikipedia (German): Balve
Wikipedia (German)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 946
    Balve wurde 946 als Ballova , 980 als Ballava erwähnt.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 946
    Balve wurde 946 als Ballova , 980 als Ballava erwähnt.
  • Source text, founding-year: 946
    Balve wurde 946 als Ballova , 980 als Ballava erwähnt.
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Balve (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
    ) is a town in the Märkischer Kreis district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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