What is Borkum?
{{Infobox German location |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = Borkum seen from the air |Gemeindeschlüssel= 03 4 57 002 |Stand = 2006-12-31 |name = Borkum |image_photo = Aerial image of Borkum (view from the west).jpg |image_flag = Flagge Borkum.svg |image_coa = DEU Borkum COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|53|35|17|N|06|40|11|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Borkum in LER.svg |state = Lower Saxony |district = Leer |elevation = 6 |area = 30.74 |population = 5547 |postal_code = 26757 |area_code = +49 22 |licence = LER |website = {{url|http://www.stadt-borkum.de}} |mayor = Georg Lübben |party = Independent }} '''Borkum''' is an [[island]] and [[municipality]] of the [[state]] of [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. In 2016, the municipality had about 5,500 people. It covers an area of {{convert|31|km2|abbr=off}}. Borkum makes part of the [[East Frisian Islands]] ({{lang-de|Ostfriesische Inseln}}). It is the most western island. Borkum is west of the island of [[Juist]] (and the uninhabited islands of [[Brauerplate]], [[Kachelotplate]] and [[Memmert]]). It is east of the small Dutch island of [[Rottumeroog]]. ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == *{{Official website|http://www.stadt-borkum.de/}} {{multistub|Geo|Europe}} [[Category:Islands of Lower Saxony]] [[Category:Towns in Lower Saxony]]