Werdohl

Werdohl () is a town in the district Märkischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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German location.type: Stadt
German location.name: Werdohl
German location.image_photo: Werdohl-Rathaus1-Asio.JPG
German location.imagesize: 250px
German location.image_caption: Town hall
German location.image_flag: Flagge Werdohl.svg
German location.image_coa: Stadtwappen Werdohl.svg
German location.image_plan: Werdohl in MK.svg
German location.state: North Rhine-Westphalia
German location.region: Arnsberg
German location.district: Märkischer Kreis
German location.elevation: 162 - 448
German location.area: 33.38
German location.postal_code: 58791
German location.area_code: 02392
German location.licence: MK
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 05 9 62 060
German location.mayor: Andreas Späinghaus

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Population: 17762
Area: 33.38
Elevation: 210
Official website: www.werdohl.de
Image: Werdohl-Kleinhammer FFSN-5690.jpg
Dialing code: 02392
Licence plate code: MK

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postal code: 58791
Commons gallery: Werdohl
short name: Wdo
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hashtag: Werdohl

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Werdohl () is a town in the district Märkischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

==Geography== Werdohl is located in the hills of the Sauerland, at a double meander of the river Lenne and its confluent, the Verse. The highest elevation is the Hölzerne Klinke with 448.8m above sea level, the lowest is in valley of Lenne at the boundary to the city Altena with 162m. Werdohl shares borders with (clockwise) Altena, Neuenrade, Plettenberg, Herscheid and Lüdenscheid. A large part of the area, about 19.2 km2, is meadows and forests and is used for agriculture and forestry, followed by 3.18 km2 of residential areas and 1.24 km2 are commercial and industrial areas.