Weener

Weener
Weener
Town
	Flag Coat of arms
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	Weener Weener
	Coordinates: 53°10′09″N 07°21′23″E / 53.16917°N 7.35639°E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Leer
Subdivisions	9 districts
Government
• Mayor (2021–26)	Heiko Abbas (CDU)
Area
• Total	81.24 km2 (31.37 sq mi)
Elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	15,997
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	26826
Dialling codes	04951
Vehicle registration	LER
Website	www.weener.de

Weener (German pronunciation: [ˈveːnɐ] <phonos file="De-Weener.ogg"></phonos>) is a town in the district of Leer, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Ems. The towns population is at 15,654, making it the largest town of the region Rheiderland. It has a railway and autobahn connection to Groningen, Netherlands, Emden and Bremen.

The city was first mentioned in a monastery's records in 951.

Town

Division of the town

The town of Weener consists of 9 districts:

Weener
Kirchborgum
Diele
Vellage / Halte
Stapelmoor
Holthusen
Weenermoor / Möhlenwarf
St. Georgiwold
Beschotenweg

Neighbouring communities

In the district of Leer:

In the district of Emsland:

Politics

Mayor

2006–2014: Wilhelm Dreesmann
2014–2021: Ludwig Sonnenberg
2021–incumbent: Heiko Abbas

Town Council

The composition of the town council for the 2021-2026 electoral period is:

SPD = 15 seats
CDU = 8 seats
UWG = 2 seats
Grüne = 3 seats
AfD = 1 seat
Ratsmitglied Junker = 1 seat
Ratsmitglied S. Hinderks = 1 seat
Bürgermeister Abbas = 1 seat

International relations

Weener is twinned with:

Eurajoki in Finland
Les Pieux in France

Demographics

Statistics are as of December 31 of each year:

1980 – 14.115
1985 – 14.245
1990 – 14.320
1995 – 14.831
2000 – 15.338
2001 – 15.406
2002 – 15.534
2003 – 15.625
2004 – 15.666
2005 – 15.602
2018 – 16.276

Climate

Weener is in a temperate climate zone, influenced by the North Sea. During the summer the temperatures are lower than those in the rest of Germany, in winter the temperatures are higher than the other regions.

References

^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

External links

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[mayor-1] "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.

[2] "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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