Cloppenburg

Cloppenburg
Cloppenburg
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	Cloppenburg Location of Cloppenburg within Cloppenburg district
	Coordinates: 52°51′N 8°3′E / 52.850°N 8.050°ECoordinates: 52°51′N 8°3′E / 52.850°N 8.050°E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Cloppenburg
Government
• Mayor	Wolfgang Wiese (CDU)
Area
• Total	70.62 km2 (27.27 sq mi)
Elevation	39 m (128 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	33,798
• Density	478.59/km2 (1,239.54/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	49661
Dialling codes	04471
Vehicle registration	CLP
Website	www.cloppenburg.de

Cloppenburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, capital of Cloppenburg District. It lies some 38 km (23.6 mi) south-south-west of Oldenburg in the Weser-Ems region between Bremen and the Dutch border. The town is a centre for the largely agricultural region of southern Oldenburg.