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{{Infobox German district
|name=Nordsachsen
|state=Saxony
|capital=[[Torgau]]
|area=2,020
|Kreisschlüssel    = 14730 
|image_flag=Flagge Landkreis Nordsachsen.svg
|image_coa=Wappen vom Landkreis Nordsachsen.svg 
| district_admin    = Kai Emanuel 
| admin_party       = 
|carsign=TDO, DZ, EB, TG, TO, OZ
|url={{URL|www.landkreis-nordsachsen.de}}
|map={{Germany district OSM map|parent_subdivision = Q1202}}
}}

'''Nordsachsen''' ({{IPA|de|ˈnɔʁtˌzaksn̩|-|De-Nordsachsen.ogg}}, {{lit|North Saxony}}) is a district (''[[Districts of Germany|Kreis]]'') in [[Saxony]], [[Germany]].

== History ==
The district was established by merging the former districts of [[Delitzsch (district)|Delitzsch]] and [[Torgau-Oschatz]] as part of the district reform of August 2008.

On 10 December 2009 the district council adopted the district's new coat of arms.
:''“Or a lion rampant Sable armed and langued Gules between two pallets wavy Azure.”''

== Geography ==
The district is located in the plains north and east of [[Leipzig]]. The main rivers of the district are the [[Mulde]] and the [[Elbe]]. The district borders (from the west and clockwise) the states [[Saxony-Anhalt]] and [[Brandenburg]], the districts of [[Meißen (district)|Meißen]], [[Mittelsachsen]] and [[Leipzig (district)|Leipzig]], and the [[List of German urban districts|urban district]] [[Leipzig]].

== Towns and municipalities ==
{{Imagemap Germany district TDO|Torgau in TDO.png|300px{{!}}thumb{{!}}Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district}}

{|
! align=left width=33%|Towns
! colspan=2 align=left width=67%|Municipalities
|- valign=top
||
#[[Bad Düben]]
#[[Belgern-Schildau]]
#[[Dahlen, Saxony|Dahlen]]
#[[Delitzsch]]
#[[Dommitzsch]]
#[[Eilenburg]]
#[[Mügeln]]
#[[Oschatz]]
#[[Schkeuditz]]
#[[Taucha]]
#[[Torgau]]
||
#[[Arzberg, Saxony|Arzberg]]
#[[Beilrode]]
#[[Cavertitz]]
#[[Doberschütz]]
#[[Dreiheide]]
#[[Elsnig]]
#[[Jesewitz]]
#[[Krostitz]]
#[[Laußig]]
#[[Liebschützberg]]
||
#<li value="11">[[Löbnitz]]
#[[Mockrehna]]
#[[Naundorf, Saxony|Naundorf]]
#[[Rackwitz]]
#[[Schönwölkau]]
#[[Trossin]]
#[[Wermsdorf]] 
#[[Wiedemar]]
#[[Zschepplin]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category-inline|Landkreis Nordsachsen}}
* {{Official website|http://www.landkreis-nordsachsen.de}} (German)

{{Germany districts saxony}}
{{Authority control}}
{{Coord|51|30|N|12|45|E|region:DE-SN_type:adm2nd|display=title}}

[[Category:Nordsachsen| ]]