Uplengen

Uplengen is a municipality in the Leer district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Uplengen
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Uplengen within Leer district
Uplengen Show map of Germany Uplengen Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 53°16′N 7°45′E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Leer
Subdivisions	19 districts
Government
• Mayor (2017–25)	Heinz Trauernicht[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	149 km2 (58 sq mi)
Elevation	6 m (20 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	11,989
• Density	80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	26670
Dialling codes	0 49 56 / 0 44 89
Vehicle registration	LER
Website	www.uplengen.de

Parts of the municipality

• Bühren
• Großoldendorf
• Großsander
• Hollen
• Jübberde
• Klein Remels
• Kleinoldendorf
• Kleinsander
• Meinersfehn
• Neudorf
• Neufirrel
• Nordgeorgsfehn
• Oltmannsfehn
• Poghausen
• Remels
• Selverde
• Spols
• Stapel
• Südgeorgsfehn

Gallery

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  Remels, windmill
• 
  Remels, church

Population

• Lutheranism - 84.29%
• Reformed churches - 1.48%
• Catholic - 2.71%
• Different - 11.52%

Politics

The 27 seats of the local council are distributed as follows:

• CDU—20 seats
• SPD—8 seats