Lathen

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Coordinates: 52°52′00″N 07°19′00″E / 52.866667, 7.316667

Lathen
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Lathen
Lathen (Germany)
Lathen
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Emsland
Municipal assoc. Lathen
Local subdivisions 5
Mayor Wolfgang Berger (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 38.02 km² (14.7 sq mi)
Elevation 13 m  (43 ft)
Population 5,882  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 155 /km² (401 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate EL
Postal code 49762
Area codes 0 59 33

Lathen is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is best known in Germany as the location of the Transrapid maglev train test track.

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