Börde

Börde
—  District  —

Coat of arms
Country  Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
Capital Haldensleben
Area
 • Total 2,366 km2 (913.5 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total 178,880
 • Density 75.6/km2 (195.8/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration BK
Website http://www.boerdekreis.de

Börde, a district in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany, is arguably best known as the area of the former repository for radioactive waste Morsleben. The disposal of waste into the facility ended in 1998.

History

The district formed with the merger the former districts of Ohrekreis and Bördekreis as part of the local-government reform of 2007.

Towns and municipalities

The district Börde consists of the following subdivisions:[2]

Free towns Free municipalities
  1. Haldensleben
  2. Oebisfelde-Weferlingen
  3. Oschersleben
  4. Wanzleben-Börde
  5. Wolmirstedt
  1. Barleben
  2. Hohe Börde
  3. Niedere Börde
  4. Sülzetal
Verbandsgemeinden with municipalities
  1. Angern
  2. Burgstall
  3. Colbitz
  4. Loitsche-Heinrichsberg
  5. Rogätz1
  6. Westheide
  7. Zielitz
  1. Altenhausen
  2. Beendorf
  3. Bülstringen
  4. Calvörde
  5. Erxleben
  6. Flechtingen1
  7. Ingersleben
  8. Süplingen
  1. Eilsleben1
  2. Harbke
  3. Hötensleben
  4. Sommersdorf
  5. Ummendorf
  6. Völpke
  7. Wefensleben
  1. Am Großen Bruch
  2. Ausleben
  3. Gröningen1, 2
  4. Kroppenstedt2
1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; 2town;

References

  1. ^ [http://www.statistik.sachsen-anhalt.de/download/stat_berichte/6A102_hj_2010_02.pdf "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit; Bevölkerung der Gemeinden; Natürliche Bevölkerungsbewegungen, Wanderungen"] (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. July 2011. http://www.statistik.sachsen-anhalt.de/download/stat_berichte/6A102_hj_2010_02.pdf. 
  2. ^ Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt
   Urban and rural districts in the state of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany   
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