Sylt (municipality)

Gemeinde Sylt
Town hall Westerland, seat of Gemeinde Sylt
Town hall Westerland, seat of Gemeinde Sylt
Location of Gemeinde Sylt within Nordfriesland district
Gemeinde Sylt is located in Germany
Gemeinde Sylt
Gemeinde Sylt
Gemeinde Sylt is located in Schleswig-Holstein
Gemeinde Sylt
Gemeinde Sylt
Coordinates: 54°55′N 8°18′E / 54.917°N 8.300°E / 54.917; 8.300
CountryGermany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
DistrictNordfriesland
Subdivisions7 Ortsteile
Government
 • MayorNikolas Häckel (Ind.)
Area
 • Total57.81 km2 (22.32 sq mi)
Highest elevation
5 m (16 ft)
Lowest elevation
1 m (3 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total13,924
 • Density240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
25969-25980
Dialling codes04651
Vehicle registrationNF
Websitewww.gemeinde-sylt.de

Gemeinde Sylt (Danish: Sild (Kommune), North Frisian: Söl (Gimiindi)) is a municipality on the island of Sylt in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It has around 13,000 inhabitants and covers about 60% of the area of the island.[2]

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.
  2. ^ "Bürgermeisteramt: Promi-Insel stimmt gegen den Promi - Pauli verliert Sylt-Wahl" (in German). Hamburger Abendblatt. Retrieved 7 April 2015.

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