Peine (district)

Peine
Flag of Peine
Coat of arms of Peine
Map
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
CapitalPeine
Government
 • District admin.Henning Heiß (SPD)
Area
 • Total535 km2 (207 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022)[1]
 • Total138,931
 • Density260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationPE
Websitelandkreis-peine.de

Peine is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Hildesheim, Hanover and Gifhorn, and the cities of Brunswick and Salzgitter.

  1. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.