Straelen is a municipality in the district of Cleves, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located near the border with the Netherlands, about 10 kilometers northeast of Venlo.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Straelen (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 16,454 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.45, longitude 6.266667
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 35 m
P2046 (area)
area 74.0 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 16454 (2025)
View the Source2. Straelen (Wikipedia)
Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1063
Straelen was first mentioned in Latin as Strala in 1063.
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1063
Straelen was first mentioned in Latin as Strala in 1063.
Source text, founding-year: 1063
Straelen was first mentioned in Latin as Strala in 1063.
- 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
is a municipality in the district of Cleves, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
View the Source3. GeoNames: Straelen - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2826304
51.4419 6.26639 P PPL DE 07 051 05154 05154052 15325 46 Europe/Berlin
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 46 m
View the Source 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, 6.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 6.25
51.25 6.25 Cfb
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