Lugau is a town in the Erzgebirgskreis district of the Free State of Saxony, Germany, seventeen kilometers east of Zwickau and seventeen kilometers southwest of Chemnitz. It maintains international partnerships with Sallaumines in France and Penzberg in Bavaria. As of 2024 it had 7,481 residents across 22.29 square kilometers at an elevation of 400 meters.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude50.738333 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Lugau (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 7,345 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 50.738333, longitude 12.746389
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 400 m
P2046 (area)
area 22.2 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 7345 (2025)
View the Source2. Wikipedia (German): Lugau
Wikipedia (German)Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1438
Die erste urkundliche Erwähnung erfolgte 1438 als zcum Luge .
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1438
Die erste urkundliche Erwähnung erfolgte 1438 als zcum Luge .
Source text, founding-year: 1438
Die erste urkundliche Erwähnung erfolgte 1438 als zcum Luge .
View the Source 3. GeoNames: Lugau - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2875286
50.73843 12.74861 P PPL DE 13 00 14521 14521380 7907 407 Europe/Berlin
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 407 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 50.75, 12.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 12.75
50.75 12.75 Cfb
Lugau (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
is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany
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