Uplengen

Uplengen
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Uplengen within Leer district
Uplengen Show map of Germany Uplengen Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 53°16′N 7°45′E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Leer
Subdivisions	19 districts
Government
• Mayor (2017–25)	Heinz Trauernicht[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	149 km^2 (58 sq mi)
Elevation	6 m (20 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	12,091
• Density	81/km^2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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

• 
  Remels, windmill
• 
  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. "Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen". Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. April 2021.
2. "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.

External links

• Official site (in German)