Cities

Dortmund

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Dortmund." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/dortmund.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Dortmund. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/dortmund

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-dortmund,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Dortmund},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/dortmund},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Dortmund is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the ninth-largest city in Germany.

Facts

Population

600,880 1

Area (sq km)

280.71 1

Founding Year

882 1

Population Estimate Year

2025 1

Elevation (m)

86 1

Latitude

51.51389 degrees north 1

Longitude

7.46528 degrees east 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Germany

Source Dortmund (Wikipedia)

On Continent

Europe

Sources

1. Dortmund (Wikipedia)

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Dortmund (German: [ˈdɔʁtmʊnt]; Westphalian: Düörpm [ˈdyːœɐ̯pm̩]) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the ninth-largest city in Germany.

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