Vechta (district)

Vechta
Flag of Vechta
Coat of arms of Vechta
Map
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
CapitalVechta
Government
 • District admin.Tobias Gerdesmeyer (CDU)
Area
 • Total
813 km2 (314 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022)[1]
 • Total
146,924
 • Density180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationVEC
Websitekreis-vechta.de

Vechta (German pronunciation: [ˈfɛçta]) is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Oldenburg, Diepholz, Osnabrück and Cloppenburg.

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