Balve

Summary

Balve is a Hanseatic city^[1]. Balve draws 14 Wikipedia views per month (hanseatic_city category, ranking #29 of 42).^[2]

Key Facts

• Balve was a member of Städte- und Gemeindebund Nordrhein-Westfalen^[3].
• Balve is located in Märkischer Kreis^[4].
• Balve is in the country of Germany^[5].
• Balve's image is recorded as Balve, 20070915.jpg^[6].
• Balve's instance of is recorded as Hanseatic city^[7].
• Balve's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany^[8].
• Balve's flag image is recorded as Flagge Balve.svg^[9].
• Balve's flag image is recorded as Banner Balve.svg^[10].
• Balve's shares border with is recorded as Hemer^[11].
• Balve's shares border with is recorded as Sundern (Sauerland)^[12].
• Balve's coat of arms image is recorded as DEU Balve COA.svg^[13].
• Balve's twinned administrative body is recorded as Heerde^[14].
• Balve's twinned administrative body is recorded as Roussay^[15].
• Balve's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 234113059^[16].
• Balve's GND ID is recorded as 4004387-3^[17].
• Balve's locator map image is recorded as Balve in MK.svg^[18].
• Balve's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n98011252^[19].
• Balve's postal code is recorded as 58802^[20].
• Balve's Commons category is recorded as Balve^[21].
• Balve's licence plate code is recorded as MK^[22].
• Balve's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 168532^[23].
• Balve's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[24].
• Balve's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[25].
• Balve's German municipality key is recorded as 05962008^[26].
• Balve's local dialing code is recorded as 02375^[27].

Body

Geography

Balve is in the country of Germany^[5]. Balve is located in Märkischer Kreis^[4].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+74.76'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+74.81'}^[29]. Balve's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+250'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+11602'}^[31], {'amount': '+11449'}^[32], {'amount': '+10262'}^[33], {'amount': '+11361'}^[34], {'amount': '+11092'}^[35], and {'amount': '+11143'}^[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Hanseatic city^[7] and urban municipality in Germany^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Balve include Balve Cave^[37], a solutional cave^[38], in Germany^[39].

Why It Matters

Balve draws 14 Wikipedia views per month (hanseatic_city category, ranking #29 of 42).^[2] Balve has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40]

Entities named for Balve include Balve Cave^[37], a solutional cave^[38], in Germany^[39].