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Recklinghausen

Western Europe

Recklinghausen is the northernmost city in Germany's Ruhr area and the capital of the Recklinghausen district, bordering the rural Munsterland with large fields and farms to its north and industry to its south. It is the 60th largest city in Germany and the 22nd largest in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Facts
Population
114,851 1
Area (sq km)
66.4 1
Founding Year
1017 1
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
85 1
Latitude
51.616667 degrees north 1
Longitude
7.2 degrees east 1
Sources
1. Recklinghausen (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1017-00-00T00:00:00Z
  • P1082 (population)
    population 114,851 (2025)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 51.616667, longitude 7.2
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 85 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 66.4 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 114851 (2025)
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Wikidata: Recklinghausen
Wikidata Q3050, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Recklinghausen (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
    and industry in the south. Recklinghausen is the 60th-largest city in Germany
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