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Achim
Sign in to saveAchim (; Northern Low Saxon: Achem), commonly Achim bei Bremen, is a municipality and the largest town (population 30,059 in December 2006) in the district of Verden, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Weser, approx. 17 km northwest of Verden, and 16 km southeast of Bremen.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Achim
- German location.image_photo
- Achim - St. Laurentius-Kirche mit Friedhof.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Saint Lawrence's Church, 12th c.
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Achim COA.svg
- German location.image_flag
- Flagge Achim.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Achim in VER.svg
- German location.state
- Lower Saxony
- German location.district
- Verden
- German location.elevation
- 15
- German location.area
- 68.06
- German location.postal_code
- 28832
- German location.area_code
- 04202
- German location.licence
- VER
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 03361001
- German location.divisions
- 9 districts
- German location.mayor
- Rainer Ditzfeld
- German location.leader_term
- 2021–26
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- Achimerinnen
- Population
- 32961
- Area
- 68.06
- Elevation
- 14
- Official website
- www.achim.de
- Image
- Rathaus Stadt Achim.jpg
- Dialing code
- 04202
- Licence plate code
- VER
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- Commons category
- Achim (Landkreis Verden)
- postal code
- 28832
- P8168
- Herbertingen
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Achim (; Northern Low Saxon: Achem), commonly Achim bei Bremen, is a municipality and the largest town (population 30,059 in December 2006) in the district of Verden, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Weser, approx. 17 km northwest of Verden, and 16 km southeast of Bremen.
==Geography== Achim lies in the Weser Depression, an Urstromtal. The area surrounding Achim is primarily moorland in its natural state. It has an elevation between 12 and 40 metres above sea level, and an area of 65.1 km2.
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