Apensen

For other uses, see Apensen (Samtgemeinde).

Apensen

Coat of arms

Apensen

Location of Apensen within Stade district

Coordinates: 53°26′09″N 09°36′56″E / 53.43583°N 9.61556°ECoordinates: 53°26′09″N 09°36′56″E / 53.43583°N 9.61556°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Ruth Uhlendorf (CDU)

Area

• Total

20.74 km² (8.01 sq mi)

Population (2013-12-31)^[1]

• Total

3,707

• Density

180/km² (460/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

21641

04167

STD

Website

www.apensen.de

Apensen is a municipality southwest of Hamburg (Germany). Apensen has a population of about 3,000, the area of 20.74 km² and belongs to the district Stade, Lower Saxony.

It belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. In 1823 the Duchy was abolished and its territory became part of the Stade Region.

Apensen is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Apensen.

Twin towns

Apensen is twinned with

Kolbuszowa in Poland

Towns and municipalities in Stade (district)

Agathenburg Ahlerstedt Apensen Balje Bargstedt Beckdorf Bliedersdorf Brest Burweg Buxtehude Deinste Dollern Drochtersen Düdenbüttel Engelschoff Estorf Fredenbeck Freiburg Großenwörden Grünendeich Guderhandviertel Hammah Harsefeld Heinbockel Himmelpforten Hollern-Twielenfleth Horneburg Jork Kranenburg Krummendeich Kutenholz Mittelnkirchen Neuenkirchen Nottensdorf Oederquart Oldendorf Sauensiek Stade Steinkirchen Wischhafen

References

↑ Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen, 102 Bevölkerung - Basis Zensus 2011, Stand 31. Dezember 2013 (Tabelle K1020014)

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