Cloppenburg

Coordinates: 52°51′N 8°3′E / 52.850°N 8.050°E / 52.850; 8.050
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Cloppenburg
Panorama of Cloppenburg
Panorama of Cloppenburg
Flag of Cloppenburg
Coat of arms of Cloppenburg
Location of Cloppenburg within Cloppenburg district
Cloppenburg (district)Lower SaxonyGarrelBöselFriesoytheBarßelSaterlandLöningenEssenCappelnLastrupLindernCloppenburgMolbergenEmstekOsnabrück (district)EmslandLeer (district)AmmerlandOldenburg (district)Vechta (district)
Cloppenburg is located in Germany
Cloppenburg
Cloppenburg
Cloppenburg is located in Lower Saxony
Cloppenburg
Cloppenburg
Coordinates: 52°51′N 8°3′E / 52.850°N 8.050°E / 52.850; 8.050
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictCloppenburg
Government
 • Mayor (2021–26) Neidhard Varnhorn[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total70.62 km2 (27.27 sq mi)
Elevation
39 m (128 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total36,183
 • Density510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
49661
Dialling codes04471
Vehicle registrationCLP
Websitewww.cloppenburg.de

Cloppenburg (German: [ˈklɔpm̩ˌbʊʁk] (audio speaker iconlisten)) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, capital of Cloppenburg District and part of Oldenburg Münsterland. It is 38 km south-south-west of Oldenburg in the Weser-Ems region between Bremen and the Dutch border.

Twin town[change | change source]

Cloppenburg is twinned with:[3]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
  2. "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  3. "Partnerstadt". cloppenburg.de (in German). Cloppenburg. Archived from the original on 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-03-03.

Other websites[change | change source]

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