Papenteich is a Samtgemeinde in the district of Gifhorn in Lower Saxony, Germany, situated approximately 10 km south of Gifhorn, and 15 km north of Braunschweig. Papenteich was founded on October 2, 1970 and includes 6 local municipalities with 19 villages. At present its population is 23,458.
Geography
Structure Papenteich was founded with eighteen member municipalities. With the reform of 1974, five municipalities with eighteen villages were constructed. The last reform was in 1981 with the integration of the village of Didderse as the sixth municipality. The administration of Papenteich is situated in the central village of Meine.
Neighbourhood Meinersen Gifhorn Isenbüttel Peine Wolfsburg Braunschweig Helmstedt
Structure of Papenteich
Structure of the Samtgemeinde Municipality Inhabitants(31. Dez 2003) Surface:in km2 Population densityin inhabitants/km2 Villages Municipality Adenbüttel 1 724 13,71 126 Adenbüttel, Rolfsbüttel Municipality Didderse 1 404 7,41 189 Didderse Municipality Meine 8 070 38,73 207 Abbesbüttel, Bechtsbüttel, Grassel, Gravenhorst, Meine, Meinholz, Martinsbüttel, Ohnhorst, Wedelheine, Wedesbüttel Municipality Rötgesbüttel 2 280 10,83 211 Rötgesbüttel Municipality Schwülper 6 627 20,89 317 Hülperode, Klein Schwülper, Lagesbüttel, Rothemühle, Groß Schwülper, Walle Municipality Vordorf 3 326 19,26 173 Eickhorst, Rethen, Vordorf
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