Leinfelden-Echterdingen

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Leinfelden-Echterdingen
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Leinfelden-Echterdingen
Leinfelden-Echterdingen (Germany)
Leinfelden-Echterdingen
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Stuttgart
District Esslingen
Town subdivisions 4 Stadtteile
Lord Mayor Roland Klenk (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 29.90 km² (11.5 sq mi)
Elevation 432 m  (1417 ft)
Population 36,808  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 1,231 /km² (3,188 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate ES
Postal code 70771
Area code 0711
Website www.leinfelden-echterdingen.de

Coordinates: 48°41′34″N 09°08′34″E / 48.69278, 9.14278

Leinfelden-Echterdingen is a town in the district of Esslingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located approx. 10 km south of Stuttgart, near the Stuttgart Airport. It was formed on January 1, 1975 by the merging of four towns - Leinfelden, Echterdingen, Stetten and Musberg.

The town was twinned with York, Pennsylvania in 1981.