Börde (district)

This article is about the German district. For the type of fertile plain from which it takes its name, see Börde.
Börde
District
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CountryGermany
StateSaxony-Anhalt
CapitalHaldensleben
Government
 • District admin.Martin Stichnoth (CDU)
Area
 • Total
2,367.2 km2 (914.0 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2024)
 • Total
167,924
 • Density70.938/km2 (183.73/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationBK, BÖ, HDL, OC, OK, WMS, WZL
Websitewww.landkreis-boerde.de

Börde (German: Landkreis Börde) is a district in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. Its seat is the town Haldensleben. It takes its name from the natural region Magdeburg Börde. It is the site of the Morsleben radioactive waste repository. The disposal of waste into the facility ended in 1998.

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