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Sundern

Western Europe

Sundern is a town in the Hochsauerland district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Its name, common across Westphalia, derives from a Westphalian dialect term meaning ground given away for private use.

Facts
Population
27,490 1
Area (sq km)
192.86 1
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
252 1
Latitude
51.316667 degrees north 1
Longitude
8 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 2
Sources
1. Sundern (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 27,490 (2025)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 51.316667, longitude 8.0
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 252 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 192.86 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 27490 (2025)
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2. GeoNames: Sundern - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2824655
    51.3281 8.00369 P PPL DE 07 059 05958 05958044 27654 257 Europe/Berlin
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 257 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, 8.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 8.25
51.25 8.25 Cfb
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Sundern (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
    ) is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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