{{Infobox German place |name = Espelkamp |type = Stadt |image_photo = Espelkamp Breslauer Straße Brunnen.jpg |imagesize = <!-- Photo size. Default is 250px --> |image_caption = <!-- Caption --> |image_coa = Wappen Espelkamp.svg |coordinates = {{coord|52|22|38|N|8|37|58|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Espelkamp in MI.svg |state = NRW |region = Detmold |district = Minden-Lübbecke |elevation = 50 |area = 84.21 |pop_source = |postal_code = 32339 |area_code = 05772 |licence = MI |Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 7 70 008 |divisions = 9 districts |website = [http://www.espelkamp.de/ www.espelkamp.de] |mayor = Henning Vieker<ref>[https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020], Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2020–25 |party = CDU |ruling_party1 = CDU |ruling_party2 = |ruling_party3 = }} '''Espelkamp''' ({{IPA|de|ˈɛspl̩ˌkamp|-|De-Espelkamp.ogg}}; {{langx|nds|Espelkämpe}}) is a town in the [[Minden-Lübbecke]] district, in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]].
==Geography== Espelkamp is situated approximately 10 kilometers north of [[Lübbecke]] and 20 kilometers north-west of [[Minden]].
The is located on the site of a former ammunition factory Heeres-Munitionsanstalt Lübbecke. After World War II, it was used to house ethnic German refugees from former eastern territories.
===Neighbouring places=== {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * [[Hille, Germany|Hille]] * [[Lübbecke]] * [[Preußisch Oldendorf]] * [[Stemwede]] * [[Rahden]] * Samtgemeinde [[Uchte]] {{div col end}}
=== Town subdivisions === After the local government reforms of 1973 Espelkamp consists of 9 districts: {| class="wikitable" ! style="background:#efefef;" | village ! style="background:#efefef;" | population<br><small>31. Dez. 2007</small><ref>[http://www.espelkamp.de/ Espelkamp: ''Stadtportrait, Statistik'']</ref> ! rowspan="11" | '''Stadtgliederung ''' [[File:Espelkamp subdivisions.svg|400px|center|Stadtgliederung]] |----- | [[Altgemeinde Espelkamp]] || align="right" | 965 |----- | [[Fabbenstedt]] || align="right" | 829 |----- | [[Fiestel]] || align="right" | 1.023 |----- | [[Frotheim]] || align="right" | 2.674 |----- | [[Gestringen]] || align="right" | 1.834 |----- | [[Isenstedt]] || align="right" |2.658 |----- | [[Schmalge]] || align="right" | 399 |----- | [[Vehlage]] || align="right" | 618 |----- | [[Espelkamp Zentrum]]¹ || align="right" | 15.553 |----- | || |}
==Twin towns – sister cities== {{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}} Espelkamp is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Partnerstädte|url=https://www.espelkamp.de/Stadtinfo/index.php?object=tx,2862.235.1&NavID=2862.219&La=1|publisher=Espelkamp|language=de|access-date=2021-12-09}}</ref> *{{flagicon|GER}} [[Angermünde]], Germany *{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Borås Municipality|Borås]], Sweden *{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Nagykőrös]], Hungary *{{flagicon|GER}} [[Torgelow]], Germany
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.espelkamp.de/ Official site] {{in lang|de}}
{{Cities and towns in Minden-Lübbecke (district)}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Minden-Lübbecke]]
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