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Lörrach

Western Europe

Lorrach is a city in southwest Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the French and Swiss borders, and is the district seat of the district of Lorrach in Baden-Wurttemberg. It is home to a number of large employers, including the Milka chocolate factory owned by Mondelez International, and its population has grown from only 10,794 in 1905 to over 50,000 today.

Facts
Population
47,002 1
Founding Year
751 2
Founding Year
751 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 5
Sources
1. GeoNames: Lörrach
GeoNames geonameid 2875881 (Lörrach), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Wikipedia (German): Lörrach
Wikipedia (German)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 751
    September 751 dokumentiert Lörrach erstmals.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 751
    September 751 dokumentiert Lörrach erstmals.
  • Source text, founding-year: 751
    September 751 dokumentiert Lörrach erstmals.
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3. Open-Meteo: Open-Meteo Elevation API: elevation at Lörrach coordinates
Open-MeteoJSON elevation
Quote, JSON elevation
"elevation": [ 298.0 ]
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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 47.75, 7.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 47.75, 7.75
47.75 7.75 Cfb
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5. GeoNames: Lörrach - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2875881, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 2875881, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
47.61497 7.66457 P PPLA3 DE 01 083 08336 08336050 47002 308 Europe/Berlin
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Lorrach (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
Lörrach (Wikipedia)
On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Germany; continent follows from the atlas record for Germany
Quote, On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Germany; continent follows from the atlas record for Germany
Lörrach (German pronunciation: [ˈlœʁax] ) is a city in southwest Germany
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