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Niesky

Western Europe

Niesky is a small town of about 9,200 people (2020) in Upper Lusatia in eastern Saxony, Germany, part of the district of Görlitz.

Facts
Population
9172 1
Founding Year
1742 2
Founding Year
1742 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 5
Sources
1. Niesky (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
Quote, P1082 (population)
population 9,172 (2025)
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2. Niesky (Wikipedia)
  • History
    The town was founded in 1742 by Moravian immigrants.
  • 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
    Nízké; Polish: Niska) is a small town in Upper Lusatia in eastern Saxony, Germany
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3. Open-Meteo: Open-Meteo Elevation API: elevation at Niesky coordinates
Open-MeteoJSON elevation
Quote, JSON elevation
"elevation": [ 174.0 ]
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4. 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, 14.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 14.75
51.25 14.75 Cfb
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5. GeoNames: Niesky - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2862460, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 2862460, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
51.29241 14.82107 P PPL DE 13 00 14626 14626370 11111 183 Europe/Berlin
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