Wilhelmshaven

Wilhelmshaven
Wilhelmshaven
Town
	Coat of arms
	Location of Wilhelmshaven
	Wilhelmshaven Wilhelmshaven
	Coordinates: 53°31′0″N 8°8′0″E / 53.51667°N 8.13333°ECoordinates: 53°31′0″N 8°8′0″E / 53.51667°N 8.13333°E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Urban district
Government
• Lord mayor	Carsten Feist
Area
• Total	106.91 km2 (41.28 sq mi)
Elevation	2 m (7 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	75,995
• Density	710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	26351–26389
Dialling codes	04421, 04423, and 04425 (each partially)
Vehicle registration	WHV
Website	www.wilhelmshaven.de

Wilhelmshaven is a coastal town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is on the western side of the Jade Bight, a bay of the North Sea. It is Germany's main military port.

Twin towns – Sister citiesEdit

Wilhelmshaven is twinned with:

Vichy, France (since 1965)^[2] Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. (since 1976) Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, (since 1979)	Qingdao, China (since 1992) Bad Harzburg, Germany (since 1988) Bydgoszcz, Poland (since 2006)

ReferencesEdit

↑ Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen, 102 Bevölkerung - Basis Zensus 2011, Stand 31. Dezember 2015 (Tabelle K1020014)
↑ "National Commission for Decentralised cooperation". Délégation pour l’Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-12-26.

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[1] Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen, 102 Bevölkerung - Basis Zensus 2011, Stand 31. Dezember 2015 (Tabelle K1020014)

[Vichy_twinnings-2] "National Commission for Decentralised cooperation". Délégation pour l’Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-12-26.

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