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Freital

Western Europe

Freital is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district of Saxony, Germany. It sits on the small river Weißeritz, about eight kilometers southwest of Dresden.

Facts
Population
39,174 1
Area (sq km)
37.85 1
Founding Year
1921 1
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
171 1
Latitude
51.016667 degrees north 1
Longitude
13.65 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 2
Sources
1. Freital (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1921-10-01T00:00:00Z
  • P1082 (population)
    population 39,174 (2025)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 51.016667, longitude 13.65
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 171 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 37.85 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 39174 (2025)
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2. GeoNames: Freital - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2925017
    51.00166 13.6488 P PPL DE 13 00 14628 14628110 39281 171 Europe/Berlin
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 171 m
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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, 13.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 13.75
51.25 13.75 Cfb
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Freital (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
    a town in the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge in Saxony, Germany
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