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Plauen

Western Europe

Plauen is a town in Saxony, Germany, with a population of around 65,000, Saxony's fifth most populous city after Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz and Zwickau, the second-largest city of the Vogtland after Gera, and the largest city in the Saxon Vogtland region.

Facts
Population
65,000 1
Area (sq km)
102.11 2
Founding Year
1112 2
Elevation (m)
412 2
Latitude
50.495 degrees north 2
Longitude
12.138333 degrees east 2
Sources
1. Plauen (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead paragraph, population
    population of around 65,000
  • 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
    [ˈplaʊən] PLOW-en; Upper Sorbian: Pławno; Czech: Plavno) is a town in Saxony, Germany
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2. Plauen (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1112-00-00T00:00:00Z
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 50.495, longitude 12.138333
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 412 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 102.11 sq km
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Wikidata: Plauen
Wikidata Q3952, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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