Brilon

Summary

Brilon is a medium-sized district town^[1]. Brilon ranks in the top 0.83% of medium_sized_district_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (305 views/month, #1 of 120).^[2]

Key Facts

• Brilon was a member of Städte- und Gemeindebund Nordrhein-Westfalen^[3].
• Brilon is located in Hochsauerlandkreis^[4].
• Brilon is in the country of Germany^[5].
• Brilon's head of government is recorded as Christof Bartsch^[6].
• Brilon's instance of is recorded as medium-sized district town^[7].
• Brilon's instance of is recorded as Hanseatic city^[8].
• Brilon's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany^[9].
• Brilon's instance of is recorded as Kneippkurort^[10].
• Brilon's shares border with is recorded as Marsberg^[11].
• Brilon's shares border with is recorded as Bad Wünnenberg^[12].
• Brilon's shares border with is recorded as Büren^[13].
• Brilon's shares border with is recorded as Rüthen^[14].
• Brilon's shares border with is recorded as Olsberg^[15].
• Brilon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Hesdin^[16].
• Brilon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Heusden-Zolder^[17].
• Brilon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Thurso^[18].
• Brilon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Buckow^[19].
• Brilon's postal code is recorded as 59929^[20].
• Brilon's Commons category is recorded as Brilon^[21].
• Brilon's licence plate code is recorded as HSK^[22].
• Brilon's local dialing code is recorded as 02961^[23].
• Brilon's local dialing code is recorded as 02963^[24].
• Brilon's local dialing code is recorded as 02964^[25].
• Brilon's local dialing code is recorded as 02991^[26].
• Brilon's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 51.395555555556, 'longitude': 8.5677777777778}^[27].

Body

Geography

Brilon is in the country of Germany^[5]. Brilon is located in Hochsauerlandkreis^[4].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'amount': '+228.95'}^[28] and {'amount': '+229.16'}^[29]. Brilon sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+450'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+26232'}^[31], {'amount': '+25611'}^[32], {'amount': '+25501'}^[33], {'amount': '+24595'}^[34], {'amount': '+25417'}^[35], and {'amount': '+25303'}^[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include medium-sized district town^[7], Hanseatic city^[8], urban municipality in Germany^[9], and Kneippkurort^[10].

Why It Matters

Brilon ranks in the top 0.83% of medium_sized_district_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (305 views/month, #1 of 120).^[2] Brilon has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Brilon is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]