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Zwolle

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Zwolle is a city and municipality in the northeastern Netherlands, on the eastern side of the River IJssel bordering the province of Gelderland. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and that province's second largest municipality after Enschede, with a population of 132,441 as of December 2023.

Facts
Population
132,441 1
Area (sq km)
119.28 2
Founding Year
800 1
Founding Year
800 1
Elevation (m)
4 2
Latitude
52.516667 degrees north 2
Longitude
6.1 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Sea Level 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
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Source Denis the Carthusian (Wikipedia)Article text
Quote, Article text
In 1415, he went to another school at Zwolle (Overijssel), which was then of great repute and attracted many students from various parts of Germany.
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1. Zwolle (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • History
    The modern city was founded around 800 CE by Frisian merchants and troops of Charlemagne.
  • Lead paragraph, population
    population of 132,441
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Zwolle (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 52.516667, longitude 6.1
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 4 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 119.28 sq km
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3. GeoNames: Zwolle - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2743477
    52.5125 6.09444 P PPLA NL 15 0193 129840 9 Europe/Amsterdam
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 9 m
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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 52.75, 6.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 52.75, 6.25
52.75 6.25 Cfb
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Wikidata: Zwolle
Wikidata Q793, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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