Uplengen is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
Leer district, in
Lower Saxony
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,
Germany
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.
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
Image:Remels, molen foto9 2010-05-15 13.16.JPG, Remels, windmill
Image:Remels, kerk foto5 2010-05-15 13.23.JPG, Remels, church
Population
*
Lutheranism
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Cathol ...
- 84.29%
*
Reformed churches
Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the Christian theology, theological tradition and forms of Christianity, Christ ...
- 1.48%
*
Catholic
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- 2.71%
*Different - 11,52%
Politics
The 27 seats of the local council are distributed as follows:
*
CDU—20 seats
*
SPD
The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany.
Saskia Esken has been the ...
—8 seats
References
External links
Official site
Towns and villages in East Frisia
Leer (district)
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