{{Infobox German location |image_coa = Wappen Bestensee.png |coordinates = {{coord|52|15|N|13|39|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Bestensee in LDS.png |state = Brandenburg |district = Dahme-Spreewald |elevation = 36 |area = 37.79 |postal_code = 15741 |area_code = 033763 |licence = LDS |Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 61 020 |divisions = 3 Ortsteile |website = [http://www.bestensee.de/ www.bestensee.de] |mayor = Roland Holm<ref>[https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/ergebnisse/buergermeisterwahlen/ergebnisse/~12061000 Landkreis Dahme-Spreewald Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters]. Retrieved 25 June 2024.</ref> |leader_term = 2023–31 |party = independent }} '''Bestensee''' is a municipality in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg in Germany.
== Demography == <gallery widths="250" heights="200"> File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Bestensee.pdf|Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi rule; Red Background: Time of Communist rule) File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Bestensee.pdf|Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2020-2030 (green line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line) </gallery>
{{historical populations |align=none | cols=3 | percentages=pagr |title = Bestensee: Population development <br>within the current boundaries (2017)<ref>Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Population_projection_Brandenburg Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons]</ref> | 1875 | 751 | 1890 | 987 | 1910 | 1786 | 1925 | 2285 | 1933 | 2929 | 1939 | 3583 | 1946 | 4231 | 1950 | 4089 | 1964 | 4113 | 1971 | 4145 | 1981 | 4215 | 1985 | 4494 | 1989 | 5782 | 1990 | 5755 | 1991 | 5777 | 1992 | 6216 | 1993 | 5960 | 1994 | 5978 | 1995 | 5978 | 1996 | 5939 | 1997 | 5990 | 1998 | 6139 | 1999 | 6238 | 2000 | 6319 | 2001 | 6301 | 2002 | 6313 | 2003 | 6290 | 2004 | 6534 | 2005 | 6669 | 2006 | 6601 | 2007 | 6666 | 2008 | 6651 | 2009 | 6672 | 2010 | 6732 | 2011 | 6597 | 2012 | 6740 | 2013 | 6860 | 2014 | 7125 | 2015 | 7367 | 2016 | 7503 | 2017 | 7785 | 2018 | 7850 | 2019 | 8002 | 2020 | 8344 }}
==See also== *Pätzer Vordersee
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