Norden, Lower Saxony

Norden  (East Frisian Low Saxon: Nörden) is a town in Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is on the North Sea shore, in East Frisia.

 Town and land use 

 + Area in ha by usageAs at 30 June 2009 Area  area Buildings and open spaces943.54 Business areas33.38 Fields and sports facilities 71.34 Roads, paths and parking lots 420.76 Agricultural land8,410.04 Forests46.64 Waterbodies, ditches, ponds291.11 Protected areas among others250.10 Total area 10,466.91

Norden has the town itself and ten official subdistricts. In addition to the old town centre, the main town includes the previous municipality of Sandbauerschaft and the subdistricts Ekel, Lintel and Westgaste. They are divided into many quarters and residential areas such as Neustadt, Westlintel, Ostlintel, Ekelergaste, In der Wirde, Vierzig Diemat, Martensdorf, or "millionaire quarter". They have in common that they do not have any administrative function, but are places referred to in everyday local language.

The other subdistricts are Bargebur, Leybuchtpolder, Norddeich, Westermarsch I, Westermarsch II, Southderneuland I, Southderneuland II and Tidofeld.

The main town and the villages of Bargebur, Norddeich, Süderneneuland I and Süderneuland II, as well as parts of Westermarsch II, have largely grown together, and with the exception of Norddeich and Westermarsch II, form extensive residential and commercial areas in the south and east of the borough. About 92.5% of the total urban population live in this "metropolitan area".Stadt Norden: Einwohnerzahlen nach Ortsteilen  (Stand: 31. Dezember 2009) The remaining subdistricts continue to be very rural and mostly barely populated, but they occupy by far the largest share of the total area of the borough.

References

Other websites

 Official site 
 Norddeich, a District of Norden 

Category:Towns and villages in East Frisia
Category:Aurich (district)