Leer is a town in the district of Leer, in the East Frisia region of northwestern Lower Saxony, Germany. It sits on the river Leda, a tributary of the Ems, near the border with the Netherlands, and with 34,958 inhabitants in 2021 it is the third-largest town in East Frisia after Emden and Aurich.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude53.230833 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Leer, Lower Saxony (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 34,277 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 53.230833, longitude 7.452778
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 3 m
P2046 (area)
area 70.3 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 34277 (2025)
View the Source2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 53.2308,7.4528
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 5.0
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 53.25, 7.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 53.25, 7.25
53.25 7.25 Cfb
4. GeoNames: Leer - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2879697, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.55 km)Quote, cities500 record 2879697, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.55 km)
53.23157 7.461 P PPLA3 DE 06 00 03457 03457013 33886 7 Europe/Berlin
Leer, Lower Saxony (Wikipedia)
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