Altenkirchen

town of Germany
Place medium_regional_center Q488373
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Altenkirchen

Summary

Altenkirchen is a medium regional center[1]. Altenkirchen draws 71 Wikipedia views per month (medium_regional_center category, ranking #6 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Altenkirchen was a member of association of municipalities and cities in Rhineland-Palatinate[3].
  • Altenkirchen is located in Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld[4].
  • Altenkirchen is in the country of Germany[5].
  • Altenkirchen's head of government is recorded as Heijo Höfer[6].
  • Altenkirchen's head of government is recorded as Q133131854[7].
  • Altenkirchen's instance of is recorded as medium regional center[8].
  • Altenkirchen's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany[9].
  • Altenkirchen's instance of is recorded as district capital[10].
  • Altenkirchen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tarbes[11].
  • Altenkirchen's postal code is recorded as 57610[12].
  • Altenkirchen's Commons category is recorded as Altenkirchen (Westerwald)[13].
  • Altenkirchen's licence plate code is recorded as AK[14].
  • Altenkirchen's located in time zone is recorded as Central European Summer Time[15].
  • Altenkirchen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[16].
  • Altenkirchen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[17].
  • Altenkirchen's local dialing code is recorded as 02681[18].
  • Altenkirchen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.687222222222, 'lon': 7.6455555555556}[19].
  • Altenkirchen's official website is recorded as http://www.vg-altenkirchen.de/[20].
  • Altenkirchen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Altenkirchen (Westerwald)[21].
  • Altenkirchen has a population of {'amount': '+6162'}[22].
  • Altenkirchen has a population of {'amount': '+6221'}[23].
  • Altenkirchen has a population of {'amount': '+6313'}[24].
  • Altenkirchen has a population of {'amount': '+6263'}[25].
  • Altenkirchen has a population of {'amount': '+6255'}[26].
  • Altenkirchen has a population of {'amount': '+6564'}[27].

Body

Geography

Altenkirchen is in the country of Germany[5]. Altenkirchen is located in Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld[4].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+11'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+10.98'}[29]. Altenkirchen sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+230'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+6162'}[22], {'amount': '+6221'}[23], {'amount': '+6313'}[24], {'amount': '+6263'}[25], {'amount': '+6255'}[26], and {'amount': '+6564'}[27].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include medium regional center[8], urban municipality in Germany[9], and district capital[10].

Why It Matters

Altenkirchen draws 71 Wikipedia views per month (medium_regional_center category, ranking #6 of 8).[2] Altenkirchen has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . altenkirchen.de. Retrieved . altenkirchen.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] . gstb-rlp.de. Retrieved . gstb-rlp.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . statistikportal.de. Retrieved . statistikportal.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . register of German municipalities (4th quarter 2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . register of German municipalities (2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of medium regional center, urban municipality in Germany, district capital
    Country Germany
    Capital of Altenkirchen, Altenkirchen district
    Coordinate location {'lat': 50.687222222222, 'lon': 7.6455555555556}
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