Geldern is a city in the Kleve district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the lower Rhineland plains west of the Rhine River. First documented around 900, it served as a residence of the counts and dukes of Guelders until 1343, and the nearby Dutch province of Gelderland takes its name from the city. About 82 percent of the city center was destroyed by bombing in late 1944 and February 1945, and the city took its present form through a 1969 reorganization that incorporated several surrounding municipalities. Its population was about 34,953 at the end of 2025.
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Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude51.519722 degrees north 1 Sources
1. Geldern (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 34,953 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.519722, longitude 6.3325
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 24 m
P2046 (area)
area 96.91 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 34953 (2025)
View the SourceGeldern (Wikipedia)
- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names North Rhine-Westphalia; continent follows from the atlas record for North Rhine-Westphalia
archaic English: Guelder(s)) is a city in the federal German state of North Rhine-Westphalia
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