Castrop-Rauxel, often called simply Castrop by locals, is a former coal mining city in the eastern Ruhr Area of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Castrop-Rauxel (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 72,353 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.55, longitude 7.316667
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 98 m
P2046 (area)
area 52.0 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 72353 (2025)
View the Source2. Castrop-Rauxel (Wikipedia)
Source text, founding-year-range-start: 834
Castrop-Rauxel was first mentioned in 834 as "Villa Castorpe",.
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 834
Castrop-Rauxel was first mentioned in 834 as "Villa Castorpe",.
Source text, founding-year: 834
Castrop-Rauxel was first mentioned in 834 as "Villa Castorpe",.
- 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
eastern part of the Ruhr Area within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany
View the Source3. GeoNames: Castrop-Rauxel - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2940231
51.55657 7.31155 P PPLA4 DE 07 055 05562 05562004 77924 83 Europe/Berlin
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 83 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 51.75, 7.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.75, 7.25
51.75 7.25 Cfb
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