Dersum

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Dersum
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Dersum
Dersum (Germany)
Dersum
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Emsland
Municipal assoc. Dörpen
Mayor Hermann Schwarte (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 28.57 km² (11 sq mi)
Elevation 7 m  (23 ft)
Population 1,467  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 51 /km² (133 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate EL
Postal code 26906
Area code 04963
Website www.dersum.de

Coordinates: 52°57′37″N 07°16′32″E / 52.96028, 7.27556

Dersum is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It lies between the River Ems in the east and the border with the Netherlands in the west. Haren is about 24 kilometers to the south and Papenburg about 17 kilometres to the north east.