Editing Celle (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Weser watershed 3.png|thumb|The [[Weser]] watershed, showing the location of Celle on the Aller.]]

The town of Celle lies in the [[glacial valley]] of the [[Aller (Germany)|Aller]], about {{convert|40|km|mi}} northeast of [[Hanover]], {{convert|60|km|mi}} northwest of [[Braunschweig|Brunswick]] and {{convert|120|km|mi}} south of [[Hamburg]]. With 71,000 inhabitants it is, next to [[Lüneburg]], the largest [[Lower Saxony|Lower Saxon]] town between Hanover and Hamburg.

===Expansion===
The town covers an area of {{convert|176.05|km2|mi2}}. Flowing from the northeast, the [[Lachte]] discharges into the [[Aller (Germany)|Aller]] within the town, as does the [[Fuhse]] flowing from the southeast. The Aller heads westwards towards [[Verden an der Aller]], where it joins the [[Weser]].

===Climate===
Celle's annual precipitation is {{convert|692|mm|in}}, which puts it in the middle third of locations in Germany. 39% of the [[Deutscher Wetterdienst]]'s weather stations record lower values. The wettest month is August, which has 1.5 times the amount of precipitation as February, the driest month. Monthly precipitation varies only slightly and is very evenly spread throughout the year. Only 1% of German weather stations show a lower annual variation.

The Celle weather station has recorded the following extreme values:<ref name=sklima/>
* Its highest temperature was {{convert|37.5|C|F}} on 9 August 1992.
* Its lowest temperature was {{convert|-26.8|C|F}} on 27 January 1942.
* Its greatest annual precipitation was {{convert|982.7|mm|in|abbr=on}} in 2002.
* Its least annual precipitation was {{convert|350.1|mm|in|abbr=on}} in 1959.
* The longest annual sunshine was 1,959.6 hours in 2003.
* The shortest annual sunshine was 1,260.5 hours in 1970.

{{Weather box|width=auto
|location = Celle (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1940–present{{efn|The meteorological station used from 1940 to 1978 was Celle (Stadt), the meteorological station used from 1979 to date was Celle, and temperature observations stopped in 2006.}})
|metric first = Y	
|single line = Y	
|collapsed = Y
|Jan record high C = 15.4
|Feb record high C = 19.3
|Mar record high C = 24.1
|Apr record high C = 30.0
|May record high C = 33.1
|Jun record high C = 34.8
|Jul record high C = 36.3
|Aug record high C = 37.5
|Sep record high C = 31.8
|Oct record high C = 27.2
|Nov record high C = 21.8
|Dec record high C = 16.1
|Jan avg record high C = 11.6
|Feb avg record high C = 13.2
|Mar avg record high C = 16.9
|Apr avg record high C = 22.3
|May avg record high C = 27.5
|Jun avg record high C = 30.0
|Jul avg record high C = 31.3
|Aug avg record high C = 31.9
|Sep avg record high C = 25.8
|Oct avg record high C = 20.2
|Nov avg record high C = 14.1
|Dec avg record high C = 11.6
|year avg record high C = 33.6
|Jan high C = 4.2
|Feb high C = 5.2
|Mar high C = 8.8
|Apr high C = 13.9
|May high C = 18.7
|Jun high C = 21.3
|Jul high C = 24.0
|Aug high C = 23.7
|Sep high C = 19.3
|Oct high C = 13.7
|Nov high C = 7.9
|Dec high C = 4.5
|year high C = 13.8
|Jan mean C = 1.9
|Feb mean C = 2.5
|Mar mean C = 5.4
|Apr mean C = 9.4
|May mean C = 14.1
|Jun mean C = 16.9
|Jul mean C = 19.2
|Aug mean C = 18.5
|Sep mean C = 14.5
|Oct mean C = 9.9
|Nov mean C = 5.6
|Dec mean C = 3.0
|year mean C = 10.0
|Jan low C = -0.9
|Feb low C = -0.7
|Mar low C = 1.4
|Apr low C = 4.5
|May low C = 8.6
|Jun low C = 11.4
|Jul low C = 14.0
|Aug low C = 13.6
|Sep low C = 10.1
|Oct low C = 6.0
|Nov low C = 2.6
|Dec low C = -0.2
|year low C = 5.8
|Jan avg record low C = -10.4
|Feb avg record low C = -9.4
|Mar avg record low C = -5.1
|Apr avg record low C = -2.7
|May avg record low C = 2.0
|Jun avg record low C = 5.5
|Jul avg record low C = 9.2
|Aug avg record low C = 8.1
|Sep avg record low C = 3.7
|Oct avg record low C = -1.1
|Nov avg record low C = -4.2
|Dec avg record low C = -9.2
|year avg record low C = -12.9
|Jan record low C = -26.8
|Feb record low C = -23.9
|Mar record low C = -18.2
|Apr record low C = -7.5
|May record low C = -4.3
|Jun record low C = 0.2
|Jul record low C = 2.2
|Aug record low C = 2.5
|Sep record low C = -1.5
|Oct record low C = -7.8
|Nov record low C = -14.8
|Dec record low C = -21.8
|precipitation colour = green	
|Jan precipitation mm = 63.2
|Feb precipitation mm = 45.5
|Mar precipitation mm = 49.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 42.0
|May precipitation mm = 53.0
|Jun precipitation mm = 54.6
|Jul precipitation mm = 74.6
|Aug precipitation mm = 66.1
|Sep precipitation mm = 56.7
|Oct precipitation mm = 60.1
|Nov precipitation mm = 54.5
|Dec precipitation mm = 59.7
|year precipitation mm =689.0
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm	
|Jan precipitation days = 18.9
|Feb precipitation days = 16.3
|Mar precipitation days = 15.8
|Apr precipitation days = 12.9
|May precipitation days = 12.7
|Jun precipitation days = 13.4
|Jul precipitation days = 15.3
|Aug precipitation days = 15.2
|Sep precipitation days = 13.7
|Oct precipitation days = 16.4
|Nov precipitation days = 17.1
|Dec precipitation days = 18.0
|year precipitation days = 187.2
|Jan snow depth cm = 5.2
|Feb snow depth cm = 4.4
|Mar snow depth cm = 2.0
|Apr snow depth cm = 0.4
|May snow depth cm = 0.5
|Jun snow depth cm = 0
|Jul snow depth cm = 0
|Aug snow depth cm = 0
|Sep snow depth cm = 0
|Oct snow depth cm = 0
|Nov snow depth cm = 1.2
|Dec snow depth cm = 3.3
|year snow depth cm = 9.3
|unit snow days = 1.0 cm
|Jan snow days = 5.3
|Feb snow days = 5.8
|Mar snow days = 1.7
|Apr snow days = 0.1
|May snow days = 0
|Jun snow days = 0
|Jul snow days = 0
|Aug snow days = 0
|Sep snow days = 0
|Oct snow days = 0
|Nov snow days = 1.1
|Dec snow days = 2.8
|year snow days = 16.8
|Jan sun = 49.9
|Feb sun = 63.9
|Mar sun = 108.9
|Apr sun = 162.4
|May sun = 211.7
|Jun sun = 207.0
|Jul sun = 225.9
|Aug sun = 209.8
|Sep sun = 155.6
|Oct sun = 109.0
|Nov sun = 46.4
|Dec sun = 37.1
|year sun = 1591.5
|humidity colour = green
|Jan humidity = 84.3
|Feb humidity = 80.7
|Mar humidity = 75.1
|Apr humidity = 68.3
|May humidity = 65.8
|Jun humidity = 67.7
|Jul humidity = 67.4
|Aug humidity = 70.2
|Sep humidity = 76.7
|Oct humidity = 82.0
|Nov humidity = 86.4
|Dec humidity = 86.2
|year humidity =76.1
| source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name=NOAA>{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230916125149/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Celle_10343.csv
| archive-date = 16 September 2023
| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Celle_10343.csv
| title = Celle Climate Normals 1991–2020
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| access-date = 16 September 2023}}</ref>
|source 2 = DWD (extremes)<ref>
{{cite web 
|url = https://www.wetterzentrale.de/extremes_mon.php?station=850&maand=1&country=1&order=1&extreem=X_TX
|title = Extremwertanalyse der DWD-Stationen, Tagesmaxima, Dekadenrekorde, usw. 
|publisher = DWD 
|language = de 
|access-date=22 September 2024}}</ref><ref name=sklima>{{cite web 
|url = http://sklima.de/datenbank_auswertung.php?tab=2
|title = Monatsauswertung 
|website = sklima.de 
|publisher = SKlima 
|language = de 
|access-date = 21 October 2024}}</ref>
}}

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===Subdivisions===
The town of Celle has the following 17 boroughs or ''Stadtteile'', some of which were previously independent villages (population as at 1 January 2005): [[Altencelle]] (4,998), [[Altenhagen (Celle)|Altenhagen]] (922), Blumlage/Altstadt (8,526), Bostel (455), Boye (832), [[Garßen]] (2,978), [[Groß Hehlen]] (2,773), Hehlentor (7,974), Hustedt (736), [[Klein Hehlen]] (5,782), Lachtehausen (639), [[Neuenhäusen]] (8,082), Neustadt/Heese (10,887), Scheuen (1,165), Vorwerk (2,842), [[Westercelle]] (7,183) and [[Wietzenbruch]] (4,805).