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Melle, Germany

Western Europe

Melle is a city in the Osnabruck district of Lower Saxony, Germany, lying in a valley between the Wiehen Hills and the Teutoburg Forest about 30 kilometers from both Osnabruck and Bielefeld, with 46,436 residents as of December 2024. First mentioned in a document from 1169, it was reorganized in 1972 into a single unified city absorbing 56 formerly separate municipalities of the old Kreis Melle district, making it the third largest city in Lower Saxony by surface area.

Facts
Population
46,396 1
Area (sq km)
253.99 1
Founding Year
1169 2
Founding Year
1169 2
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
76 1
Latitude
52.203056 degrees north 1
Longitude
8.336111 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 5
FAQs

How did Melle become one of the largest cities in Lower Saxony by area?

A 1972 reform merged the whole former Melle district into one city.

Melle took its present size through a territorial reform. In 1972 the former district of Melle, with its 56 municipalities, was united into the single city of Melle. Since then it has been the third largest city in Lower Saxony in terms of surface area.
Sources
1. Melle, Germany (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 46,396 (2025)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 52.203056, longitude 8.336111
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 76 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 253.99 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 46396 (2025)
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2. Melle, Germany (Wikipedia)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1169
    Melle was first mentioned in a document from 1169.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1169
    Melle was first mentioned in a document from 1169.
  • Source text, founding-year: 1169
    Melle was first mentioned in a document from 1169.
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 52.2031,8.3361
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
Quote, results elevation
"elevation": 85.0
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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 52.25, 8.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 52.25, 8.25
52.25 8.25 Cfb
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5. GeoNames: Melle - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2872079, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.19 km)
Quote, cities500 record 2872079, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.19 km)
52.20197 8.33826 P PPL DE 06 00 03459 03459024 46436 82 Europe/Berlin
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