Schlangen (German pronunciation: [ˈʃlaŋən] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Schlangen has about 9,000 inhabitants as of 2013 and enjoys relative prosperity. Located a few kilometers away from Detmold, the municipality stretches from the edge of the sandy sea[clarification needed] to the mountain course of the Teutoburger forest southern slope. Schlangen is located in the time zone Central European Standard Time.
Politics
The town council of Schlangen consists of 26 members:
| Parties and voter communities | % 2014 |
seats 2014 | |
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 36,68 | 10 |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 43,80 | 11 |
| FDP | Free Democratic Party (Germany) | 7,14 | 2 |
| GRÜNE | Alliance ’90/The Greens | 12,38 | 3 |
| Total | 100,0 | 26 | |
| Poll in % | 63,1 | ||
(conditions: Local election 2014)
Sister cities
The following cities are twinned with Schlangen:[3]
Viitasaari, Central Finland, since 1999
References
- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
- ^ “Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2024 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022” (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW.
- ^ “Ystävyyskunnat” (in Finnish). City of Viitasaari. Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
External links
- Official website (in German)
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