Dersum

Dersum
Dersum
Location of Dersum within Emsland district
Coordinates	52°57′37″N 7°16′32″E / 52.96028°N 7.27556°E / 52.96028; 7.27556Coordinates: 52°57′37″N 7°16′32″E / 52.96028°N 7.27556°E / 52.96028; 7.27556
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Emsland
Municipal assoc.	Dörpen
Mayor	Hermann Schwarte (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	28.57 km2 (11.03 sq mi)
Elevation	7 m  (23 ft)
Population	1,434 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	50 /km2 (130 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	EL
Postal code	26906
Area code	04963
Website	www.dersum.de

Dersum is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It lies between the River Ems in the east and the border with the Netherlands in the west. Haren is about 24 kilometers to the south and Papenburg about 17 kilometres to the north east.

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerungsfortschreibung" (in German). Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen. 31 December 2009. http://www1.nls.niedersachsen.de/statistik/html/parametereingabe.asp?DT=K1000014&CM=Bev%F6lkerungsfortschreibung.