List of municipalities in the district of Leer

Map of the district of Leer

In the list of municipalities in the district of Leer , the 19 smallest administrative units in the district of Leer are listed. The district town of Leer (East Friesland) is a medium- sized town , Borkum and Weener are small towns . Detern is a town-like place with market rights, a so-called spot .

The last change of area in the district of Leer, founded on October 1, 1932, came into effect on November 1, 2001.

description

The district can be further subdivided into two municipalities :

• Integrated community of Hesel with the member communities of Brinkum , Firrel , Hesel , Holtland , Neukamperfehn and Schwerinsdorf
• Joint municipality Jümme with the member municipalities Detern , Filsum and Nortmoor ;

The cities of Borkum , Leer (East Friesland) and Weener are, like the communities of Bunde , Jemgum , Moormerland , Ostrhauderfehn , Rhauderfehn , Uplengen and Westoverledingen, unitary communities.

The district has a total area of ​​1,086.03 square kilometers . Uplengen has the largest area within the district with 149 square kilometers. This is followed by the municipalities of Moormerland with 122 square kilometers, Bunde with 121.5 square kilometers, Westoverledingen with 111.9 square kilometers and Rhauderfehn with 102.92 square kilometers. The city of Weener has an area of ​​81.24 square kilometers. Two parishes have an area of ​​over 70 square kilometers. The community of Ostrhauderfehn is 51 square kilometers. Two communities are larger than 40 square kilometers and the city of Borkum is 30.74 square kilometers. The community of Filsum is 23.76 square kilometers. Two parishes are larger than 10 square kilometers. Three communities are smaller than 10 square kilometers, that would be Neukamperfehn with 6.27 square kilometers, Schwerinsdorf with 5.57 square kilometers and Brinkum with 5.51 square kilometers, which are also the smallest communities in the district. The community-free area Lütje Hörn has an area of ​​6.5 ha , which corresponds to 0.065 square kilometers.

The largest share of the 170,756 inhabitants of the district of Leer has the district town of Leer (East Friesland) with 34,786 inhabitants, followed by the communities Moormerland with 23,567 and Westoverledingen with 21,210. Four communities, including the city of Weener , have more than 10,000 inhabitants. The municipality of Bunde and the city of Borkum have more than 5000 inhabitants. Seven municipalities have between 1000 and 5000 inhabitants. The three smallest municipalities in terms of population have less than 1000 inhabitants; these are the communities Firrel with 834 inhabitants, Schwerinsdorf with 686 and Brinkum with 803 inhabitants.

The entire district of Leer has a population density of 157 inhabitants per square kilometer. The largest population density within the district has the city of Leer (Ostfriesland) with 495 inhabitants per square kilometer, followed by Neukamperfehn with 273 inhabitants per square kilometer and Ostrhauderfehn with 222 inhabitants per square kilometer. Nine municipalities, including the cities of Weener and Borkum , cover an area of ​​more than 100 square kilometers. In six municipalities, the population density is less than 100 inhabitants per square kilometer. The most sparsely populated municipality is Jemgum with 46 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Legend

• Municipality : Name of the municipality or city
• Subsites : Enumerated are the formerly independent municipalities of Unit
• Joint congregation : Shows the affiliation to one of the joint congregations
• 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 square kilometer (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	Joint municipality	coat of arms	map	surface	Residents	EW density	height	image
District of Leer					1,086.03	170,756	175
Borkum (city)	Borkum Ostland Roadstead				30.74	5,078	165	6th
Brinkum	Brinkum Meerhausen	Hesel			5.51	803	146	8th
Bundles	Bunde Boen Bunderhee Dollart Wymeer				121	7,675	63	2
Detern (spots)	Detern Amdorf Barge Deternerlehe Neuburg Velde	Jümme			43.3	2,760	64	3
Filsum	Filsum Ammersum Brückenfehn Busboomsfehn Lammertsfehn Stallbrüggerfeld	Jümme			23.76	2.151	91	4th
Firrel	Firrel	Hesel			8.26	834	101	6th
Hesel	Hesel Beningafehn Hasselt Heseler Hörn Kleinhesel Kiefeld Neuemoor Stikelkamp	Hesel			44.02	4,553	103	9
Holtland	Holtland Nücke Siebestock	Hesel			14.66	2.233	152	4th
Jemgum	Jemgum Böhmerwold Critzum Ditzum Hatzum Holtgaste Marienchor Midlum Nendorp Oldendorp Pogum				78.48	3,629	46	2
Leer (Ostfriesland) (district town)	Leer (Ostfriesland) Bingum Heisfelde Hohegaste Leerort Loga Logabirum Nettelburg Nüttermoor				70.30	34,786	495	3
Moormerland	Boekzetelerfehn Gandersum Hatshausen Jheringsfehn Neermoor Oldersum Rorichum Tergast Terborg Veenhusen Warsingsfehn				122	23,567	193	1
Neukamperfehn	Neuefehn Stiekelkamperfehn	Hesel			6.27	1,713	273	2
Nortmoor	Nortmoor Brunn Heide Plaggenburg Pillkamp Terwisch	Jümme			15.34	1,785	116	3
Ostrhauderfehn	Ostrhauderfehn Holterfehn Holtermoor Idafehn Langholt Potshausen				51	11,318	222	2
Rhauderfehn	Backemoor Burlage Collinghorst Holte Klostermoor Langholt Rhaude Rhaudermoor Schatteburg Westrhauderfehn				102.92	18,212	177	1
Schwerinsdorf	Schwerinsdorf	Hesel			5.57	686	123	9
Uplengen	Bühren Großoldendorf Großsander Hollen Jübberde Kleinoldendorf Klein-Remels Kleinsander Meinersfehn Neudorf Neufirrel Nordgeorgsfehn Oltmannsfehn Poghausen Remels Selverde Spols Stapel Südgeorgsfehn				149	11,817	79	6th
Weener (city)	Weener Beschotenweg Diele Dielerheide Halte Holthuserheide Kirchborgum Möhlenwarf St. Georgiwold Stapelmoor Stapelmoorerheide Tichelwarf Vellage Weenermoor				81.24	15,946	196	5
Westoverledingen	Breinermoor Driever Esklum Flachsmeer Folmhusen Grotegaste Großwolde your Ihrhove Mitling-Mark Steenfelde Völlen				111.9	21,210	190	-1
Unregulated areas	Lütje Hörn island				0.065

Former parishes

See: Former municipalities of the district of Leer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
2. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).