Neupetershain

Neupetershain (Sorbian: Nowe Wiki) is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany.

Neupetershain
Location of Neupetershain within Oberspreewald-Lausitz district
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Coordinates: 51°36′00″N 14°10′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Municipal assoc.	Altdöbern
Government
• Mayor	Marita Theile
Area
• Total	18.71 km^2 (7.22 sq mi)
Elevation	124 m (407 ft)
Population  (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,196
• Density	64/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	03103
Dialling codes	035751
Vehicle registration	OSL

Demography

Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi rule; Red Background: Time of Communist rule)

Neupetershain: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)[2]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 562 —     1890 603 +0.47% 1910 2,557 +7.49% 1925 2,862 +0.75% 1933 3,085 +0.94% 1939 3,238 +0.81% 1946 3,657 +1.75% 1950 3,822 +1.11% 1964 3,060 −1.58% 1971 2,843 −1.05% 1981 2,401 −1.68% 1985 2,266 −1.44% 1989 2,176 −1.01% 1990 2,105 −3.26% 1991 2,019 −4.09% 1992 2,000 −0.94% 1993 1,990 −0.50% 1994 1,961 −1.46% 1995 1,940 −1.07% 1996 1,874 −3.40%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 1,849 −1.33% 1998 1,846 −0.16% 1999 1,851 +0.27% 2000 1,827 −1.30% 2001 1,797 −1.64% 2002 1,717 −4.45% 2003 1,670 −2.74% 2004 1,642 −1.68% 2005 1,613 −1.77% 2006 1,553 −3.72% 2007 1,515 −2.45% 2008 1,473 −2.77% 2009 1,464 −0.61% 2010 1,433 −2.12% 2011 1,372 −4.26% 2012 1,314 −4.23% 2013 1,277 −2.82% 2014 1,246 −2.43% 2015 1,254 +0.64% 2016 1,229 −1.99%

References

1. "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2019". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). July 2020.
2. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons