Moormerland
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Moormerland | |
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Location of Moormerland within Leer district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 53°19′11″N 7°25′22″E / 53.31972°N 7.42278°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Lower Saxony |
District | Leer |
Government | |
• Mayor (2021–26) | Hendrik Schulz[1] (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 122 km2 (47 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1 m (3 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 24,055 |
• Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 26802 |
Dialling codes | 04954, 04945, 04924 |
Vehicle registration | LER |
Website | moormerland.conne.net |
Moormerland is a municipality in the Leer District, in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany.
History
[edit]Moormerland was created on January 1st, 1973 by uniting eleven independent municipalities.[3] The eleven constituent Ortschafte are:
Village | Population (2016) |
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Boekzetelerfehn | 748 |
Gandersum | 85 |
Hatshausen | 602 |
Jheringsfehn | 2,440 |
Neermoor | 4,748 |
Oldersum | 1,533 |
Rorichum | 444 |
Terborg | 105 |
Tergast | 457 |
Veenhusen | 4,157 |
Warsingsfehn | 7,951 |
Total | 23,270 |
Notable People
[edit]- Friedhelm Erich Haak (born 1945) - newspaper publisher
References
[edit]- ^ "Stichwahlen zu Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 26. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
- ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
- ^ "Geschichte // Gemeinde Moormerland". www.moormerland.de. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
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