Brilon is a town in the Hochsauerlandkreis district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, situated in the Sauerland upland region. It was granted town rights in the thirteenth century and was historically a member of the Hanseatic League, with mining and forestry long important to its economy. The town's old center retains a substantial medieval and early modern townscape, and the surrounding Sauerland hills support a significant tourism and outdoor recreation economy today.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude51.395556 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Brilon (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 25,236 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.395556, longitude 8.567778
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 450 m
P2046 (area)
area 228.95 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 25236 (2025)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Brilon - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2944079
51.39462 8.57146 P PPL DE 07 059 05958 05958012 27030 443 Europe/Berlin
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 443 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 8.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 8.75
51.25 8.75 Cfb
Brilon (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
[ˈbʁiːlɔn] ; Westphalian: Brailen) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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