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It merged with Ten Boer and Haren municipalities 1 January 2019. The Groningen-Assen metropolitan area has about half a million inhabitants. Groningen is an old city (more than 950 years) and was the regional power of the north of the Netherlands, a semi-independent city-state and member of the German Hanseatic League. Groningen is a university city, with an estimated 31,000 students at the University of Groningen (1 October 2018), and an estimated 28,000 at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences (1 October 2018).
Groningen has an oceanic temperate climate, like all of the Netherlands, although slightly colder in winter than other major cities in the Netherlands due to its northeasterly position. Weather is influenced by the North Sea to the north-west and its prevailing north-western winds and gales.
Summers are somewhat hot and humid. Temperatures of 30 ° C (86 ° F) or higher occur sporadically; The maximum daily average is around 22 ° C (72 ° F). Very rainy periods are frequent, especially in spring and summer. The average annual rainfall is about 800 mm (31 in). The annual hours of sunshine vary, but are usually below 1600 hours, providing much cloud cover similar to most of the Netherlands.
The climate in this area has slight differences between highs and lows and there is adequate rainfall throughout the year. The subtype of the Köppen climate classification for this climate is "Cfb". (West coast oceanic climate / oceanic climate).
Groningen | Groningen is the main municipality as well as the capital city of the eponymous province in the Netherlands. It is the largest city in the north of the Netherlands and has 231,037 inhabitants (31 January 2019) on a total area of 180
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