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Moormerland

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Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Moormerland within Leer district

(2021–26) Hendrik Schulz^[1] (SPD)Area

• Total122 km² (47 sq mi)Elevation

1 m (3 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total24,055 • Density200/km² (510/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

26802

Dialling codes04954, 04945, 04924Vehicle registrationLERWebsitemoormerland.conne.net

Moormerland is a municipality in the Leer District, in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany.

History

Moormerland was created on January 1st, 1973 by uniting eleven independent municipalities.^[3] The eleven constituent Ortschafte are:

Village	Population (2016)
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

Friedhelm Erich Haak (born 1945) - newspaper publisher

References

^ "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.