Altena is a town in the district of Markischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, situated in the Lenne river valley in the northern Sauerland. The town's castle is the origin point of the later Dukes of Berg.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Altena (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 16,403 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.3, longitude 7.666667
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 190 m
P2046 (area)
area 44.29 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 16403 (2025)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Altena - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2957886
51.29472 7.67337 P PPL DE 07 059 05962 05962004 20862 167 Europe/Berlin
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 167 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 51.25, 7.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 7.75
51.25 7.75 Cfb
Altena (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 district of Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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