Cloppenburg

Cloppenburg
Panorama of Cloppenburg
Location of Cloppenburg within Cloppenburg district
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
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total36,479
 • Density520/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] (listen)) 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

Cloppenburg is twinned with:[3]

References

  1. "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
  2. "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022, Stand 31. Dezember 2023" (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

Media related to Cloppenburg at Wikimedia Commons