Erkelenz

town in the Rhineland in western Germany
Place medium_sized_district_town Q7025
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Erkelenz

Summary

Erkelenz is a medium-sized district town[1]. Erkelenz draws 47 Wikipedia views per month (medium_sized_district_town category, ranking #37 of 120).[2]

Key Facts

  • Erkelenz was a member of association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia[3].
  • Erkelenz was a member of Städte- und Gemeindebund Nordrhein-Westfalen[4].
  • Erkelenz was a member of Q131586184[5].
  • Erkelenz is located in Heinsberg[6].
  • Erkelenz is in the country of Germany[7].
  • Erkelenz's image is recorded as Erkelenz altes rathaus.jpg[8].
  • Erkelenz's instance of is recorded as medium-sized district town[9].
  • Erkelenz's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany[10].
  • Erkelenz's flag image is recorded as Hissflagge Erkelenz.svg[11].
  • Erkelenz's shares border with is recorded as Wassenberg[12].
  • Erkelenz's shares border with is recorded as Wegberg[13].
  • Erkelenz's shares border with is recorded as Mönchengladbach[14].
  • Erkelenz's shares border with is recorded as Jüchen[15].
  • Erkelenz's shares border with is recorded as Titz[16].
  • Erkelenz's shares border with is recorded as Linnich[17].
  • Erkelenz's shares border with is recorded as Hückelhoven[18].
  • Erkelenz's coat of arms image is recorded as DEU Erkelenz COA.svg[19].
  • Erkelenz's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Oestrich[20].
  • Erkelenz's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Borschemich[21].
  • Erkelenz's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Q1751780[22].
  • Erkelenz's twinned administrative body is recorded as Thum[23].
  • Erkelenz's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bad Windsheim[24].
  • Erkelenz's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 133772640[25].
  • Erkelenz's GND ID is recorded as 4015283-2[26].
  • Erkelenz's locator map image is recorded as Erkelenz in HS.svg[27].

Body

Geography

Erkelenz is in the country of Germany[7]. Erkelenz is located in Heinsberg[6].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+117.35'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+117.34'}[29]. Erkelenz's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+92'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+43350'}[31], {'amount': '+43392'}[32], {'amount': '+34038'}[33], {'amount': '+43364'}[34], {'amount': '+43492'}[35], and {'amount': '+44215'}[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include medium-sized district town[9] and urban municipality in Germany[10].

Why It Matters

Erkelenz draws 47 Wikipedia views per month (medium_sized_district_town category, ranking #37 of 120).[2] Erkelenz has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [14] . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] . wikidata.org.
  12. [18] . wikidata.org.
  13. [19] . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] . wikidata.org.
  15. [20] . wikidata.org.
  16. [21] . wikidata.org.
  17. [22] . wikidata.org.
  18. [23] . wikidata.org.
  19. [24] . wikidata.org.
  20. [25] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [26] . wikidata.org.
  22. [27] . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] . agfs-nrw.de. Retrieved . agfs-nrw.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [4] . kommunen.nrw. Retrieved . kommunen.nrw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [5] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . DESTATIS 1975. wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . landesdatenbank.nrw.de. landesdatenbank.nrw.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [35] . register of German municipalities (4th quarter 2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [36] . register of German municipalities (2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . wikidata.org.
  33. [28] . wikidata.org.
  34. [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. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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