Kamen is a town in the Unna district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, at the eastern end of the Ruhr area, about 10 kilometers southwest of Hamm and 25 kilometers northeast of Dortmund. The town is known for the nearby Kamener Kreuz, the highway interchange where the north-south A1 and east-west A2 autobahns meet, a junction prone to heavy traffic. Kamen comprises six districts and covers 40.95 square kilometers; as of December 31, 2025, it had a population of 42,139.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude51.591667 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Kamen (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 42,139 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.591667, longitude 7.665278
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 67 m
P2046 (area)
area 40.93 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 42139 (2025)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Kamen - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2893438
51.59231 7.6638 P PPL DE 07 059 05978 05978020 45927 65 Europe/Berlin
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 65 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
Kamen (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
(German pronunciation: [ˈkaːmən] ) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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