Cloppenburg
Cloppenburg | |
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Panorama of Cloppenburg | |
Location of Cloppenburg within Cloppenburg district | |
| Coordinates: 52°51′N 8°3′E / 52.850°N 8.050°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Cloppenburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–26) | Neidhard Varnhorn (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 70.86 km2 (27.36 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 39 m (128 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31) | |
• Total | 36,479 |
| • Density | 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 49661 |
| Dialling codes | 04471 |
| Vehicle registration | CLP |
| Website | www.cloppenburg.de |
Cloppenburg (German: [ˈklɔpm̩ˌbʊʁk] ⓘ; Low German: Cloppenborg; Saterland Frisian: Kloppenbuurich [ˈklɔpənˌbuːrɪx]) is a town in Lower Saxony, in north-western Germany, capital of Cloppenburg District and part of Oldenburg Münsterland. It lies 38 km south-south-west of Oldenburg in the Weser-Ems region between Bremen and the Dutch border. Cloppenburg is not far from the A1, the major motorway connecting the Ruhr area to Bremen and Hamburg. Another major road is the federal highway B213 being the shortest link from the Netherlands to the A1 and thus to Bremen and Hamburg.