Gumtow

Gumtow is a municipality in the Prignitz district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

Gumtow
Municipality
Church in Vehlow
Location of Gumtow within Prignitz district
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Coordinates: 52°58′59″N 12°15′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Prignitz
Subdivisions	16 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2024–32)	Oliver Nitschke[1]
Area
• Total	211.66 km2 (81.72 sq mi)
Elevation	61 m (200 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	3,235
• Density	15/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16866
Dialling codes	033977
Vehicle registration	PR
Website	www.gemeinde-gumtow.de

Demography

• 
  Development of population since 1875 within the current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi Germany; Red Background: Time of communist East Germany)
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  Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)

Gumtow: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)^[3]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 7,023 —     1890 6,822 −0.19% 1910 6,741 −0.06% 1925 6,731 −0.01% 1939 6,117 −0.68% 1950 9,754 +4.33% 1964 6,921 −2.42%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1971 6,421 −1.07% 1981 4,990 −2.49% 1985 4,884 −0.54% 1990 4,712 −0.71% 1995 4,449 −1.14% 2000 4,344 −0.48% 2005 3,996 −1.66%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2010 3,668 −1.70% 2015 3,438 −1.29% 2016 3,404 −0.99% 2017 3,370 −1.00% 2018 3,338 −0.95% 2019 3,327 −0.33% 2020 3,312 −0.45%