List of municipalities in the district of Cloppenburg

The list of municipalities in the district of Cloppenburg gives an overview of the 13 smallest administrative units in the district . Three of the municipalities are cities . The district town of Cloppenburg and Friesoythe are medium- sized towns , Löningen is a small town .

As part of the Oldenburg administrative reform of 1933, the offices of Cloppenburg and Friesoythe were combined to form the office of Cloppenburg . At the same time, some of the old congregations were merged into new large congregations. In 1939 the district of Cloppenburg was formed from the enlarged office of Cloppenburg .

The community reforms of 1933 were partially reversed in 1948. Bösel , Lindern , Markhausen , Neuscharrel , Ramsloh , Scharrel and Strücklingen became independent communities again.

The district of Cloppenburg received its current layout as part of the regional reform in Lower Saxony on March 1, 1974:

• The communities of Ramsloh, Scharrel and Strücklingen (excluding the village of Idafehn ) were merged to form a new community of Saterland .
• The communities Altenoythe , Markhausen and Neuscharrel as well as the communities Gehlenberg and Neuvrees from the district of Aschendorf-Hümmling were incorporated into the city of Friesoythe .
• The municipality of Wachtum from the district of Meppen was incorporated into the municipality of Löningen .
• The village of Idafehn left the district and was incorporated into the municipality of Ostrhauderfehn in the district of Leer .

All communities in the district are unitary communities .

description

The district has a total area of ​​1418.45 km ² . The largest area within the district has the city of Friesoythe with 247.09 km ² and the municipality of Molbergen with 162.52 km ² . The following are the city Löningen with 143.23 km ² , the community Saterland with 123.62 ² and the municipality of Garrel with 113.31 km ² . Continues to be greater than 100 km of ² communities are Emstek with 108.14 km ² and Bösel with 100.17 km ² . One municipality - Essen / Oldenburg - has an area larger than 90 km ² , every two other municipalities are larger than 80 km ² and 70 km ² , including the district town of Cloppenburg . The smallest municipality in the district in terms of area is Lindern (Oldenburg) with an area of ​​over 65.81 km ² .

The cities of Cloppenburg with 35,451 inhabitants and Friesoythe with 22,368 inhabitants have the largest share of the population of the district of 170,682 inhabitants. Five other communities have over 10,000 inhabitants and two over 8,000 and one over 7,000 ( Bösel ). Two other communities have over 6,000 inhabitants. The smallest municipality in terms of surface area, Lindern (Oldenburg) , with 4925 inhabitants is also the smallest in terms of population.

The entire district of Cloppenburg has a population density of 120 inhabitants per km ² . The largest population density within the district has the city of Cloppenburg with 502 inhabitants per km ² as well as the communities Barßel with 155 and Garrel with 134, followed by the communities Emstek with 113 and Saterland with 111. The city of Löningen has a population density of over 90. Five other municipalities have a population density of over 80. The other two municipalities have a population density of over 70. The municipality with the lowest population density is Lindern (Oldenburg) with 75 inhabitants per km ² .

Legend

• Municipality : Name of the municipality or city
• Subsites : Enumerated are the formerly independent municipalities of the administrative unit. The year of incorporation is also given. This is also noted for the suburbs that belonged to a different district than the main town of today's municipality before the regional reform
• Coat of arms : coat of arms of the municipality or city
• Map : Shows the location of the municipality or city in the district
• Area : Area of ​​the city or municipality, given in square kilometers
• Population : number of people living in the municipality or city (as of December 31, 2019)
• Population density : The population density is given, calculated on the area of ​​the administrative unit, given in population per km ² (as of December 31, 2019)
• Altitude : Altitude of the eponymous town or town in meters above sea ​​level
• Image : Image from the respective municipality or city

Communities

local community	Sub-locations	coat of arms	map	surface	Residents	EW density	height	image
District of Cloppenburg				1,418.45	170,682	120
Barßel	Barßel Barßelermoor Carolinenhof Elisabethfehn Harkebrügge Lohe Loher-Ostmark Loher-Westmark Neuland Neulohe Osterhausen (former Johanniter nunnery) Reekenfeld Roggenberg			84.34	13,039	155	2
Evil	Bösel Edewechterdamm (only a few houses, most of them belong to Friesoythe) Glaßdorf Hülsberg Osterloh Ostland Overlahe Petersdorf Westerloh			100.17	8,224	82	13
Cappeln (Oldenburg)	Cappeln (Oldenburg) Bokel Elsten Mintewede Nutten / Tegelrieden Schwichteler Sevelten Tenstedt Warnstedt			76.24	7.127	93	46
Cloppenburg (district town)	Cloppenburg Ambühren Bethen Emstekerfeld Galgenmoor Kellerhöhe Schmertheim Staatsforsten Stapelfeld Sternbusch Vahren			70.63	35,451	502	39
Emstek	Emstek Bühren Drantum Garthe Halen Höltinghausen Hoheging Westeremstek			108.14	12,254	113	57
Essen / Oldenburg	Essen / Oldenburg Addrup Ahausen Barlage Bartmannsholte Beverdiek Bevern Bokel Brokstreek Calhorn Darrel Essen-site field Good location Hostels sleeve Moor North Holte / City Holte Easter food Sandloh Uptloh			98.02	9,078	93	26th
Friesoythe (city)	Friesoythe Ahrensdorf Altenoythe Augustendorf Edewechterdamm Eggershausen Ellerbrock Gehlenberg Heetberg Heinfelde Hohefeld Ikenbrügge Kampe Kamperfehn Markhausen Mehrenkamp Neuscharrel Neuvrees Pehmertange Schillburg Schlingshöhe Schwaneburg Schwaneburgermoor Thüle			247.09	22,368	91	6th
Garrel	Garrel Beverbruch Burgermoor-Kellerhöhe Falkenberg Behind the Forde / Kammersand Kaifort Nikolausdorf Petersfeld Peterswald Tweel / Tannenkamp- America Varrelbusch			113.31	15,139	134	20th
Lastrup	Lastrup Groß-Roscharden Hammel Hammesdamm Hamstrup Hemmelte Klein-Roscharden Kneheim Maltrum Nieholte Norway Oldendorf Schnelten Suhle Timmerlage			85.31	6,955	82	45
Lindern (Oldenburg)	Lindern (Oldenburg) Auen Garen Grossenging Gingermühlen Klöbbergen Hegel Holthaus Kleinenging Liener Lienerloh Marren Neuenkämpen Easterlinders Garen-Nieholte Stühlenfeld Varbrügge			65.81	4,925	75	37
Löningen (City)	Löningen Altenbunnen Angelbeck Augustenfeld Gusts Benstrup Bokah Borkhorn Duderstadt Düenkamp Ehren Elbergen Evenkamp Farwick Hagel Helmighausen Holthausen Huckelrieden Lewinghausen Lodbergen Madlage Meerdorf Neuenbunnen Röpke Schelmkappe Steinrieden Vehrensande Wachtum Werwe Windhorst Winkum			143.23	13,477	94	24
Molbergen	Molbergen			162.52	8,944	55	35
Saterland	Ramsloh Scharrel Sedelsberg Strücklingen			123.62	13,701	111	6th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Oldenburg law for the simplification and cheaper administration of April 27, 1933.
2. ^ Law on the formation of new communities in the Lower Saxony administrative district of Oldenburg of April 26, 1948.
3. ^ Law on the reorganization of the municipalities in the Vechta / Cloppenburg area of February 11, 1974.
4. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
5. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).