Münster in figures
Geography
- City surface area: 303 square kilometres, 11,000 hectares conservation and bird protection areas
- Highest point: Vorbergshügel, 99 metres above sea level
- Lowest point: on the river Ems, 39 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 2014: 1531
- Highest and lowest temperatures in 2014: 34.6 degrees Celsius and -5.6 degrees Celsius
People
- Population: 300,267 inhabitants (Dec. 2014: 156,988 female, 143,279 male)
- Population density: 163,752 households
- Employed individuals: 156,217
- Unemployment (average 2014): 6 per cent
- Students (winter semester 2013/2014): 58,146
- Pupils (school year 2014/15): 31,611 at general-education schools, 18,962 at vocational colleges
- Foreign inhabitants: 25,831 (Dec. 2014)
Municipal districts
- Central – 123,178 inhabitants
- North – 29,168
- East – 22,026
- West – 60,131
- South-East – 28,365
- Hiltrup – 37,399
And some more statistics
- 9 hospitals, 94 chemists’, 34 nursing homes, 29 nursing services
- 96 general-education schools, 12 vocational colleges, 8 universities
- 34,190 places in 223 nursery schools, crèches and after-school care clubs
- 313 playgrounds, more than 519 sports complexes
- 4 theatres with independent theatre companies, 27 museums and exhibition halls, 2 large event and concert halls, 1 trade fair centre
- 892,000 visitors to public library, 127,700 participants in Adult Learning Centre courses