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

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.