| Velgast   | |
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|  Coat of arms | |
| Location of Velgast   within Vorpommern-Rügen   district   | |
|   Velgast     Velgast   | |
| Coordinates: 54°16′11″N 12°55′41″E / 54.26972°N 12.92806°E | |
| Country | Germany | 
| State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 
| District | Vorpommern-Rügen | 
| Municipal assoc. | Franzburg-Richtenberg | 
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Christian Griwahn | 
| Area | |
| • Total | 71.42 km2 (27.58 sq mi) | 
| Elevation | 3 m (10 ft) | 
| Population  (2021-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,700 | 
| • Density | 24/km2 (62/sq mi) | 
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | 
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | 
| Postal codes | 18469 | 
| Dialling codes | 038324 | 
| Vehicle registration | NVP | 
| Website | www.amt-franzburg-richtenberg.de | 
Velgast (Polish: Wielgoszcz[2]) is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Velgast has its own railway station Velgast railway station.
Districts
The community Velgast has the following districts:
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References
- ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2021" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2022.
- ↑ Kazimierz Ślaski, Podziały terytorialne Pomorza w XII-XIII wieku, Poznań 1960, p. 26.
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