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Glauchau

Western Europe

Glauchau is a town in the German state of Saxony, on the right bank of the river Mulde, about seven miles north of Zwickau and seventeen miles west of Chemnitz by rail. It is part of the Zwickau district.

Facts
Population
21,341 1
Area (sq km)
51.49 1
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
266 1
Latitude
50.823333 degrees north 1
Longitude
12.544444 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 2
Sources
1. Glauchau (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 21,341 (2025)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 50.823333, longitude 12.544444
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 266 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 51.49 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 21341 (2025)
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2. GeoNames: Glauchau - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2920020
    50.81987 12.54493 P PPL DE 13 00 14524 14524080 21442 266 Europe/Berlin
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 266 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, 12.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 12.75
50.75 12.75 Cfb
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Glauchau (Wikipedia)
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
  • On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Saxony; continent follows from the atlas record for Saxony
    Hłuchow, pronounced [ˈhwuxɔf]) is a town in the German federal state of Saxony
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