Ahlen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, about 30 kilometers southeast of Munster. Part of the District of Warendorf, it is the district's economically most important town and sits within the historic Munsterland area, with the villages of Dolberg, Vorhelm, and Tonnishauschen counted among its constituent parts.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude51.763333 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Ahlen (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 52,387 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.763333, longitude 7.891111
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 80 m
P2046 (area)
area 123.14 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 52387 (2025)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Ahlen - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2959223
51.76338 7.8887 P PPLA4 DE 07 055 05570 05570004 55280 82 Europe/Berlin
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 82 m
View the Source 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 51.75, 7.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.75, 7.75
51.75 7.75 Cfb
Ahlen (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
pronunciation: [ˈaːlən] ; Westphalian: Aulen) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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