Affing is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
near ()
Augsburg
Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ...
in
Aichach-Friedberg district, in
Swabia -
Bavaria
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, southern
Germany
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.
The municipality covers an area of .
Of the total population of 5,140, 2,591 are male, 2,248 are female, and 301 are of indeterminate status (Dec 31, 2003).
The
population density
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of the community is .
''Districts (villages) of the municipality Affing:'' Affing with Iglbach, Anwalting,
Aulzhausen, Bergen, Frechholzhausen, Gebenhofen, Haunswies, Katzenthal, Miedering, Mühlhausen, Pfaffenzell.
In May 2015 a
tornado
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devastated Affing, causing severe damage.
Affing: Heftige Schäden nach Tornado
''Münchner Merkur
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'', published: 14 May 2015, accessed: 23 May 2015
Partner city
* Łobez
Łobez (german: Labes) is a town on the river Rega in northwestern Poland, within the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is the capital of Łobez County, and has a population of 10,066 (2019).
The name
The name Łobez comes from the Old Polish ...
(Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
), since 1997
References
External links
Affing
(Official site)
*
Aichach-Friedberg
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