Weener
Town
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Weener within Leer district
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Coordinates: 53°10′09″N 07°21′23″E / 53.16917°N 7.35639°E / 53.16917; 7.35639
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Leer
Subdivisions	9 districts
Government
• Mayor (2021–26)	Heiko Abbas[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	81.24 km2 (31.37 sq mi)
Elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	15,997
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	26826
Dialling codes	04951
Vehicle registration	LER
Website	www.weener.de

Weener (German pronunciation: [ˈveːnɐ] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district of Leer, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Ems. The towns population is at 15,654, making it the largest town of the region Rheiderland. It has a railway and autobahn connection to Groningen, Netherlands, Emden and Bremen.

The city was first mentioned in a monastery's records in 951.

Town

Division of the town

The town of Weener consists of 9 districts:

• Weener
• Kirchborgum
• Diele
• Vellage / Halte
• Stapelmoor
• Holthusen
• Weenermoor / Möhlenwarf
• St. Georgiwold
• Beschotenweg

Neighbouring communities

In the district of Leer:

• Bunde
• Leer
• Jemgum
• Westoverledingen

In the district of Emsland:

• Papenburg
• Rhede

Politics

Mayor

• 2006–2014: Wilhelm Dreesmann
• 2014–2021: Ludwig Sonnenberg
• 2021–incumbent: Heiko Abbas

Town Council

The last election to the town council took place in 2006:

• SPD = 53,0%, 17 seats
• CDU = 19,6%, 6 seats
• UWG = 19,0%, 6 seats
• Grüne = 5,6%, 2 seats
• FDP = 1,9%, 1 seat

Two members of the SPD group have split and form a single group in the council today.

International relations

Weener is twinned with:=

• Eurajoki in Finland
• Les Pieux in France

Demographics

Statistics are as of December 31 of each year:

• 1980 – 14.115
• 1985 – 14.245
• 1990 – 14.320
• 1995 – 14.831
• 2000 – 15.338
• 2001 – 15.406
• 2002 – 15.534
• 2003 – 15.625
• 2004 – 15.666
• 2005 – 15.602

Climate

Weener is in a temperate climate zone, influenced by the North Sea. During the summer the temperatures are lower than those in the rest of Germany, in winter the temperatures are higher than the other regions.