Hillerse is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in

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. It is a member municipality of the

Samtgemeinde Meinersen Samtgemeinde Meinersen is a Samtgemeinde in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately southwest of Gifhorn Gifhorn () is a town and capital of the district of Gifhorn (district), Gifhorn in the east of Low ...

. The Municipality Hillerse includes the villages of Hillerse and Volkse. Rathaus Hillerse

Twin towns

Hillerse is twinned with

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and Amfreville both in

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in France, and with Dolton in

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in the UK.

References

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