Ankum

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Ankum
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Osnabrück
Municipal assoc.	Bersenbrück
Mayor	Ferdinand Borgmann (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	66.32 km² (25.6 sq mi)
Elevation	54 m  (177 ft)
Population	7,194  (31/12/2006)
- Density	108 /km² (281 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	OS
Postal code	49577
Area code	05462
Website	www.ankum.de Coordinates: 52°32′36″N 07°52′15″E / 52.54333, 7.87083

Ankum is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. From the Parish Ankum many people had emigrated to the Netherlands until 1800 and later to the USA. The parish Ankum include the municipals Ankum village (=Dorf), Ahausen-Sitter, Aslage, Basum-Sussum since June 1972 municipal Eggermühlen; Besten with Krevinghausen and Striekel since 1972 municipal Eggermühlen, Brickwedde with Stockum and Westrup since 1972, Bokel since 1972 municipal Bersenbrück, Bockraden and Doethen since 1972 municipal Eggermühlen, Kettenkamp, Nortrup-Loxten, Rüssel, Talge since 1972 municipal Bersenbrück, Tütingen, Westerholte. Today the unless otherwise stated municipals constitute the village Ankum.

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Osnabrück (district) Alfhausen | Ankum | Bad Essen | Bad Iburg | Bad Laer | Bad Rothenfelde | Badbergen | Belm | Berge | Bersenbrück | Bippen | Bissendorf | Bohmte | Bramsche | Dissen | Eggermühlen | Fürstenau | Gehrde | Georgsmarienhütte | Glandorf | Hagen | Hasbergen | Hilter | Kettenkamp | Melle | Menslage | Merzen | Neuenkirchen | Nortrup | Ostercappeln | Quakenbrück | Rieste | Voltlage | Wallenhorst

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