Stadt Münster, Münster in figures
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Münster in figures
Münster is a green city. Almost 65 per cent of the city area is used for agricultural and forestry purposes. Here are a few statistics (rounded up or down in some cases):
Geography
- City surface area: 303 square kilometres
- Highest point: Mühlenberg, 97 metres above sea level
- Lowest point: on the river Ems, 44 metres above sea level
- Neighbouring cities: Bielefeld (62 kilometres to the East), Dortmund (61 kilometres to the South), Enschede (the Netherlands; 65 kilometres to the North-West), Osnabrück (44 kilometres to the North-East).
Climate
- Average annual temperature: 9.2 degrees Celsius
- Average precipitation: 744 millimetres
- Hours of sunshine in 2007: 1501
- Highest and lowest temperatures in 2007: 32.3 degrees Celsius and -8.6 degrees Celsius
People
- Population: Approximately 280,000 inhabitants (148,000 female, 132,000 male)
- Population density: 146,500 households
- Employed individuals (as of 31.12.2006): 190,800
- Unemployed individuals (December 2008): 8,427 (6.0 per cent)
- Students (winter semester 2007/2008): 46,600
- Pupils (school year /2008): 33,300 at general-education schools, 19,000 at vocational colleges
- Foreign inhabitants: 21,000
Municipal districts
- Central – 113,500 inhabitants
- North – 28,200
- East – 20,600
- West – 54,200
- South-East – 27,000
- Hiltrup – 36,700
And some more statistics
- 9 hospitals, 96 chemists’, 36 nursing homes
- 94 general-education schools, 11 vocational colleges, 8 universities
- 8,600 places in nursery schools, crèches and after-school care clubs
- 321 playgrounds, 692 sports complexes
- 5 theatres with independent theatre companies, 29 museums and exhibition halls, 2 large event and concert halls, 1 trade fair centre
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