- Weener
weener weener weener weener weener weenerInfobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Name = Weener
Wappen = Weener-Wappen.jpg
lat_deg = 53 |lat_min = 10 |lat_sec = 09
lon_deg = 07 |lon_min = 21 |lon_sec = 23
Lageplan = WeenerLandkreis-leer.png
Bundesland = Niedersachsen
Landkreis = Leer
Höhe = 5
Fläche = 81.24
Einwohner = 15654
Stand = 2006-06-30
PLZ = 26826
Vorwahl = 04951
Kfz = LER
Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 4 57 021
Gliederung = 9 districts
Straße = Osterstraße 1
Website = [http://www.weener.de/ www.weener.de]
Bürgermeister = Wilhelm Dreesmann
Partei = IndependentWeener is a town in the district of Leer, in
Lower Saxony ,Germany . It is situated near the border with theNetherlands , on the river Ems, approx. 10 km southwest ofLeer , and 25 km southeast ofEmden .The city was first mentioned in a monestary's records in 951 a.D.
South of Weener, there is the
380kV-Ems-Overhead Powerline Crossing .Town
Division of the town
The town of Weener consists of 9 districts:
* Weener
* Kirchborgum
* Diele
* Vellage/ Halte
* Stapelmoor
* Holthusen
* Weenermoor/ Möhlenwarf
* St. Georgiwold
* BeschotenwegNeighbouring communities
In the district of Leer:
*Bunde
*Leer
*Jemgum
*Westoverledingen In the district of Emsland:
*Papenburg
*Rhede Politics
Mayor
Wilhelm Dreesmann is the mayor of Weener since Nov. 1, 2006. He won 51.9% of the votes.
Town Council
The last election to the town council took place in 2006:
*
SPD = 53,0%, 17 seats
*CDU = 19,6%, 6 seats
*UWG = 19,0%, 6 seats
*Grüne = 5,6%, 2 seats
* FDP = 1,9%, 1 seatTwo members of the SPD group have split and form a single group in the council today.
Twin towns
*
Eurajoki inFinland
*Les Pieux inFrance Demographics
Always on December, 31.
* 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 - 15.602External links
* [http://www.weener.de/ Official site] de icon
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