Laar

Laar
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Laar within Grafschaft Bentheim district
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Coordinates: 52°37′00″N 06°43′59″E / 52.61667°N 6.73306°E / 52.61667; 6.73306
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Grafschaft Bentheim
Municipal assoc.	Emlichheim
Government
• Mayor	Gerhard Trüün (CDU)
Area
• Total	51.01 km2 (19.70 sq mi)
Elevation	9 m (30 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	2,128
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	49824
Dialling codes	05947
Vehicle registration	NOH

Laar is a community in Bentheim in Lower Saxony.

Laar is northwest of Nordhorn on the German-Dutch border. It belongs to the Joint Community (Samtgemeinde) of Emlichheim, whose administrative seat is in the like-named town. The Vechte runs through the community.

The community of Laar borders in the south on the communities of Wielen and Wilsum, in the east on the community of Emlichheim, in the north on the Dutch community of Coevorden and in the west on the Dutch community of Hardenberg in Overijssel.

The community of Laar has the six constituent centres (Ortsteile) of Agterhorn, Echteler, Eschebrügge, Heesterkante, Laar and Vorwald.

• Official website (in German)