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Laatzen

Town in Lower Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Laatzen within Hanover district

(2021–26) Kai Eggert^[1] (SPD)Area

• Total34.05 km² (13.15 sq mi)Highest elevation

63 m (207 ft)Lowest elevation

46 m (151 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total42,675 • Density1,300/km² (3,200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

30880

Dialling codes0511, 05102Vehicle registrationHWebsitewww.laatzen.de

Laatzen is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated directly south of Hanover.

Division of the town

In 1964, the municipalities of Laatzen (nowadays about 22,000 inhabitants) and Grasdorf (3,500 inh.) were merged into the town of Laatzen. In 1974, the towns of Rethen (8,100 inh.), Gleidingen (4,300 inh.) and Ingeln-Oesselse (3,700 inh.) were joined to the town.

Twin towns – sister cities

Laatzen is twinned with:^[3]

Le Grand-Quevilly, France
Gubin, Poland
Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria

References

^ "Stichwahlen zu Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 26. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
^ "Städtepartnerschaften und freundschaftliche Verbindungen". laatzen.de (in German). Laatzen. Retrieved 2021-02-18.