{{Expand German|topic=geo|fa=yes|Moormerland|date=October 2012}} {{Infobox German location |type = Gemeinde |name = Moormerland |image_coa = Wappen Moormerland.svg |coordinates = {{coord|53|19|11|N|7|25|22|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Moormerland in LER.svg |state = Niedersachsen |district = Leer |elevation = 1 |area = 122 |postal_code = 26802 |area_code = 04954, 04945, 04924 |licence = LER |Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 4 57 014 |website = [http://moormerland.conne.net/ moormerland.conne.net] |mayor = Hendrik Schulz<ref name=mayor>{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.statistik.niedersachsen.de/SW2021/reports/DW/DW_Uebersicht.pdf|title=Stichwahlen zu Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 26. September 2021|date=13 October 2021|publisher=Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen}}</ref> |leader_term = 2021–26 |party = SPD }} '''Moormerland''' is a municipality in the Leer District, in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany.
== History == Moormerland was created on January 1, 1973 by uniting eleven independent municipalities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geschichte // Gemeinde Moormerland |url=https://www.moormerland.de/rathaus/geschichte |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=www.moormerland.de}}</ref> The eleven constituent Ortschafte are:
{| class="wikitable" !Village !Population (2016) |- |Boekzetelerfehn |748 |- |Gandersum |85 |- |Hatshausen |602 |- |Jheringsfehn |2,440 |- |Neermoor |4,748 |- |Oldersum |1,533 |- |Rorichum |444 |- |Terborg |105 |- |Tergast |457 |- |Veenhusen |4,157 |- |Warsingsfehn |7,951 |- |'''Total''' |23,270 |}
==Notable people== *Friedhelm Erich Haak (born 1945) - newspaper publisher
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