Uplengen

Uplengen
Coat of arms
Uplengen
Location of Uplengen within Leer district
Coordinates: 53°16′N 7°45′E / 53.267°N 7.750°ECoordinates: 53°16′N 7°45′E / 53.267°N 7.750°E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Leer
Government
• Mayor	Hartwig Aden (CDU)
Area
• Total	149 km^2 (58 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	11,503
• Density	77/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	26670
Dialling codes	0 49 56 / 0 44 89
Vehicle registration	LER
Website	www.uplengen.de

Uplengen is a municipality in the Leer district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Parts of the municipality

• Bühren
• Großoldendorf
• Großsander
• Hollen
• Jübberde
• Klein Remels
• Kleinoldendorf
• Kleinsander
• Meinersfehn
• Neudorf
• Neufirrel
• Nordgeorgsfehn
• Oltmannsfehn
• Poghausen
• Remels
• Selverde
• Spols
• Stapel
• Südgeorgsfehn

Gallery

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  Remels, windmill

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  Remels, church

Population

• Lutheranism - 84.29%
• Reformed churches - 1.48%
• Catholic - 2.71%
• Different - 11,52%

Politics

The 27 seats of the local council are distributed as follows:

• CDU—20 seats
• SPD—8 seats

References

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

External links

• Official site (German)