Halbs
Halbs | |
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Coordinates: 50°35′27″N 7°57′53″E / 50.59083°N 7.96472°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Westerwaldkreis |
Municipal assoc. | Westerburg |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Rudi Keßler[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2.12 km2 (0.82 sq mi) |
Elevation | 450 m (1,480 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 353 |
• Density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 56457 |
Dialling codes | 02663 |
Vehicle registration | WW |
Website | www.westerburger-land.de |
Halbs is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
Halbs lies 3 km north of Westerburg on a bank in the middle of a wooded and field area. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality.
Neighbouring communities
Bordering on Halbs are Ailertchen, Hergenroth and Stahlhofen am Wiesensee.
Politics
The municipal council is made up of 9 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
Economy and infrastructure
North of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Diez on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
References
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
External links
- Halbs in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)
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