Vechelde

Vechelde
Town hall Vechelde
Town hall Vechelde
Coat of arms of Vechelde
Location of Vechelde within Peine district
HohenhamelnLengedeVecheldeIlsedePeineWendeburgEdemissenPeine (district)Lower SaxonyBraunschweigGifhorn (district)Wolfenbüttel (district)SalzgitterHildesheim (district)Hanover (district)
Vechelde is located in Germany
Vechelde
Vechelde
Vechelde is located in Lower Saxony
Vechelde
Vechelde
Coordinates: 52°15.65′N 10°22.32′E / 52.26083°N 10.37200°E / 52.26083; 10.37200
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictPeine
Subdivisions17 districts
Government
 • Mayor (2021–26) Tobias Grünert[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total75.89 km2 (29.30 sq mi)
Elevation
74 m (243 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total18,419
 • Density240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
38159
Dialling codes05302, 05300
Vehicle registrationPE
Websitewww.vechelde.de

Vechelde is a municipality in the district of Peine, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 12 km southeast of Peine, and 10 km west of Braunschweig.

  1. ^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
  2. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.