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Wattenscheid
City population
73,965
#116
in Germany
#47
in North Rhine-Westphalia
#7,800
worldwide
51.481, 7.143 · 444 km from Berlin
About Wattenscheid
Wattenscheid is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with a population of 73,965. It is the 116th largest of the 960 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Germany, and the 7,800th largest worldwide. It lies 444 km from Berlin.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#47of 268
Coordinates
51.481, 7.143
Record updated
9 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.
Nearby Cities
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