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Cologne

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Cologne is the fourth-most populous city of Germany and the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
1,025,523 1
Area (sq km)
405.15 1
Founding Year
1 to 100 CE 1
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
37 1
Latitude
50.93639 degrees north 1
Longitude
6.95278 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 4
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Germany, Countries
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North Rhine-Westphalia, States or Territories

cologne is associated with north-rhine-westphalia.

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Cologne
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Soon after, Groote settled in Cologne, teaching philosophy and theology, and was granted a prebend in Utrecht and another in Aachen.
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is a non-profit scientific society founded in Cologne in 2000
Sources
1. Cologne (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Cologne ( kə-LOHN; German: Köln [kœln] ; Kölsch: Kölle [ˈkœ̂lə] ) is the fourth-most populous city of Germany and the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia with over 1.0 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region.
  • Infobox, Population figure
    1,025,523
  • Infobox, Population year
    Population (2025)
  • Infobox: area
    405.15
  • Infobox, Elevation
    37 m
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    50.93639
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    6.95278
  • Lead
    Cologne was founded in Germanic Ubii territory in the 1st century AD as the Roman Colonia Agrippina, hence its name.
  • Lead section, founding statement
    Cologne was founded in Germanic Ubii territory in the 1st century AD as the Roman Colonia Agrippina, hence its name.
  • Associated With: Germany, Infobox, Country
    Germany
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. GeoNames: Köln - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevation
Quote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 58 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 50.75, 6.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 6.75
50.75 6.75 Cfb
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4. GeoNames: Köln - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2886242
Quote, cities500 record 2886242
50.93333 6.95 P PPLA2 DE 07 053 05315 05315000 1024621 58 Europe/Berlin
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Wikidata: Cologne
Wikidata Q365, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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