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Altena
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Altena (; ) is a town in the district of Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town's castle is the origin for the later Dukes of Berg. Altena is situated on the Lenne river valley, in the northern stretches of the Sauerland.
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Altena is a city and town in Germany, located within the Märkischer Kreis administrative district. It is also classified as a Hanseatic city. The municipality has a population of 26,753 and covers an area of 44.42 square kilometers. Altena shares borders with Hemer, Neuenrade, Iserlohn, and Nachrodt-Wiblingwerde. It has served as the capital of the County of Altena.
The city is situated at coordinates 51.3, 7.666666666666667. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as 190 meters. Altena operates in the UTC+01:00 and UTC+02:00 time zones. The local dialing code is 02352, and postal codes range from 58741 to 58762. The city is twinned with Péronne, Blackburn, and Pinsk.
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Place details
- Locality
- Altena
- Region
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Country
- Deutschland
- Population
- 20,862
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- German location.mayor
- Guido Thal
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Altena
- German location.image_photo
- Burg Altena.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- View of Altena Castle in September 2008
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Altena COA.png
- German location.image_plan
- Altena in MK.svg
- German location.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German location.region
- Arnsberg
- German location.district
- Märkischer Kreis
- German location.elevation
- 145 - 511
- German location.area
- 44.42
- German location.postal_code
- 58741–58762
- German location.area_code
- 02352
- German location.licence
- MK
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05 9 62 004
- German location.divisions
- 7
- German location.website
- www.altena.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Altena
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Märkischer Kreis
- Population
- 16315
- Area
- 44.42
- Elevation
- 190
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- County of Altena
- Shares border with
- Nachrodt-Wiblingwerde
- Official website
- www.altena.de
- Image
- Altena Burg 20051030.jpg
- Dialing code
- 02352
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- twinned administrative body
- Pinsk
- Commons category
- Altena (Westfalen)
- topic's main category
- Category:Altena
- Commons gallery
- Altena
- postal code
- 58741–58762
- short name
- Altena/Westfalen
- native label
- Altena
- P6814
- Altena
- different from
- Altena
- P12749
- Zamboanga City
- hashtag
- Altena
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Politics
- City Council
- Mayors
- Population development
- Points of interest
- Coat of arms
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Friendship city
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Altena (; ) is a town in the district of Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town's castle is the origin for the later Dukes of Berg. Altena is situated on the Lenne river valley, in the northern stretches of the Sauerland.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Altena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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