Alpen

Summary

Alpen is a municipality without town privileges in Germany^[1]. Alpen ranks in the top 0.87% of municipality_without_town_privileges_in_germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month, #57 of 6,526).^[2]

Key Facts

• Alpen was a member of Städte- und Gemeindebund Nordrhein-Westfalen^[3].
• Alpen is located in Wesel^[4].
• Alpen is in the country of Germany^[5].
• Alpen's instance of is recorded as municipality without town privileges in Germany^[6].
• Alpen's shares border with is recorded as Wesel^[7].
• Alpen's shares border with is recorded as Rheinberg^[8].
• Alpen's shares border with is recorded as Kamp-Lintfort^[9].
• Alpen's shares border with is recorded as Sonsbeck^[10].
• Alpen's shares border with is recorded as Xanten^[11].
• Alpen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Herentals^[12].
• Alpen's postal code is recorded as 46519^[13].
• Alpen's Commons category is recorded as Alpen (Niederrhein)^[14].
• Alpen's licence plate code is recorded as WES^[15].
• Alpen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[16].
• Alpen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[17].
• Alpen's local dialing code is recorded as 02802^[18].
• 1074 marks the founding of Alpen^[19].
• Alpen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.575, 'lon': 6.5125}^[20].
• Alpen's official website is recorded as https://www.alpen.de/^[21].
• Alpen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alpen (Niederrhein)^[22].
• Alpen's Commons gallery is recorded as Alpen (Gemeinde)^[23].
• Alpen has a population of {'amount': '+12622'}^[24].
• Alpen has a population of {'amount': '+12612'}^[25].
• Alpen has a population of {'amount': '+9643'}^[26].
• Alpen has a population of {'amount': '+12463'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Alpen is in the country of Germany^[5]. Alpen is located in Wesel^[4].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+59.54'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+59.6'}^[29]. Alpen sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+25'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+12622'}^[24], {'amount': '+12612'}^[25], {'amount': '+9643'}^[26], {'amount': '+12463'}^[27], {'amount': '+12528'}^[31], and {'amount': '+12649'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Alpen's instance of is recorded as municipality without town privileges in Germany^[6].

History and Context

1074 marks the founding of Alpen^[19].

Why It Matters

Alpen ranks in the top 0.87% of municipality_without_town_privileges_in_germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month, #57 of 6,526).^[2] Alpen has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Alpen is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]