Gifhorn (district)

Gifhorn is a Landkreis (district) in Germany in the state of Lower Saxony. It has about 175.000 inhabitants. Gifhorn is located in the north of Braunschweig. Towns and sub-administrations In the district of Gifhorn there are 41 local communities.(numbers of inhabitants from the 30th June, 2005). Communities Gifhorn, Town, autonomous community (42.658) Sassenburg (10.946) [Seat: Westerbeck Wittingen, Town (12.268) Samtgemeinden with their local communities * Seat of Samtgemeinde government Area without community (uninhabited) Giebel (10,36 km²)