Cloppenburg
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| Cloppenburg | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Cloppenburg |
| Mayor | Wolfgang Wiese (CDU) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 70.62 km² (27.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 39 m (128 ft) |
| Population | 31,976 (30/06/2006) |
| - Density | 453 /km² (1,173 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | CLP |
| Postal code | 49661 |
| Area code | 04471 |
| Website | www.cloppenburg.de |
Cloppenburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, capital of Cloppenburg District. It lies some 38 km south-south-west of Oldenburg in the Weser-Ems region between Bremen and the Dutch border. The town is a centre for the largely agricultural region of southern Oldenburg.
One of Cloppenburg's main tourist attractions is the Museumsdorf Cloppenburg, a recreation of a medieval village, featuring reconstructed buildings typical of the years 800 to 1800.
[edit] External links
- Official site (German)
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