Börde (district)

Börde
District

Coat of arms
Country  Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
Capital Haldensleben
Area
 • Total 2,366 km2 (914 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2017)[1]
 • Total 172,619
 • Density 73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration BK, BÖ, HDL, OC, OK, WMS, WZL
Website http://www.boerdekreis.de

Börde, a district in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany, is the site of the former Morsleben radioactive waste repository. 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 townsFree 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
  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. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2017" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt (in German).
  2. ↑ Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt

Coordinates: 52°10′N 11°20′E / 52.167°N 11.333°E / 52.167; 11.333


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