Wałbrzych is a city in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship of southwestern Poland, seat of Wałbrzych County, lying about seventy kilometers southwest of the voivodeship capital Wroclaw and roughly thirty kilometers from the Czech border. It had a population of 108,222 at the end of 2021. The city was once a major coal mining center and is home to Ksiaz Castle, described as the largest castle in Lower Silesia and the third largest in Poland. Wałbrzych drew international attention in 2015 during a widely publicized search for an alleged buried Nazi gold train, which was never found.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Elevation (m) Latitude50.766667 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Wałbrzych (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 50.766667, longitude 16.283333
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 350 m
P2046 (area)
area 84.8 sq km
Wikidata statement P1082
population = 104401 (Wikidata P1082, as of 2021-03-31, preferred rank)
View the Source2. Wałbrzych (Wikipedia)
- Wikipedia infobox 'Established' = '9th century' on 'Wałbrzych'
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source3. GeoNames: Wałbrzych - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3082707
50.77141 16.28432 P PPLA3 PL 72 0265 026501 127431 495 Europe/Warsaw
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 495 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 50.75, 16.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 16.25
50.75 16.25 Cfb
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