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Idar-Oberstein
City population
29,158
#416
in Germany
#16
in Rheinland-Pfalz
#18,512
worldwide
49.714, 7.308 · 528 km from Berlin
About Idar-Oberstein
Idar-Oberstein is a city in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany with a population of 29,158. It is the 416th largest of the 960 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Germany, and the 18,512th largest worldwide. It lies 528 km from Berlin.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#16of 33
Coordinates
49.714, 7.308
Record updated
7 May 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
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