Altenkirchen (Verbandsgemeinde)
Altenkirchen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Altenkirchen (Verbandsgemeinde) within Landkreis Altenkirchen district  | |
  Altenkirchen  Altenkirchen | |
| Coordinates: 50°41′22″N 7°38′57″E / 50.689318°N 7.649120°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Landkreis Altenkirchen |
| Disbanded | 2020 |
| Subdivisions | 42 Gemeinden |
| Area | |
| • Total | 153.52 km2 (59.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2018-12-31) | |
| • Total | 22,860 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | AK |
| Website | www.vg-altenkirchen.de |
Altenkirchen is a former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde was in Altenkirchen. On 1 January 2020 it was merged into the new Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld. It lies within the region of the Westerwald known as Kroppach Switzerland.
The Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen consisted of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):[1]
| Municipality | Area (km²) | Population | |
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 | Almersbach | 0.61 | 405 |
_COA.svg){kind=small} | Altenkirchen * | 10.98 | 6,256 |
 | Bachenberg | 1.67 | 107 |
 | Berod bei Hachenburg | 5.05 | 566 |
| Birnbach | 3.11 | 634 |
| Busenhausen | 3.02 | 332 |
| Eichelhardt | 2.84 | 493 |
 | Ersfeld | 1.40 | 73 |
 | Fiersbach | 3.04 | 254 |
 | Fluterschen | 3.37 | 650 |
| Forstmehren | 1.61 | 158 |
 | Gieleroth | 5.92 | 652 |
 | Hasselbach | 5.76 | 320 |
| Helmenzen | 4.15 | 881 |
 | Helmeroth | 3.57 | 184 |
 | Hemmelzen | 2.83 | 256 |
| Heupelzen | 2.58 | 252 |
 | Hilgenroth | 2.96 | 288 |
 | Hirz-Maulsbach | 6.14 | 299 |
| Idelberg | 1.13 | 57 |
 | Ingelbach | 5.08 | 528 |
| Isert | 1.84 | 123 |
 | Kettenhausen | 1.68 | 276 |
 | Kircheib | 6.55 | 522 |
 | Kraam | 2.73 | 174 |
 | Mammelzen | 4.12 | 1,068 |
 | Mehren | 3.67 | 474 |
 | Michelbach | 4.42 | 513 |
 | Neitersen | 5.64 | 798 |
 | Obererbach | 3.63 | 543 |
| Oberirsen | 9.45 | 610 |
 | Oberwambach | 3.99 | 422 |
| Ölsen | 2.26 | 87 |
| Racksen | 1.97 | 151 |
 | Rettersen | 3.21 | 365 |
 | Schöneberg | 3.20 | 408 |
 | Sörth | 1.99 | 241 |
| Stürzelbach | 1.77 | 237 |
 | Volkerzen | 1.98 | 82 |
 | Werkhausen | 5.75 | 234 |
 | Weyerbusch | 4.22 | 1,380 |
 | Wölmersen | 2.63 | 390 |
| Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen | 153.52 | 22,743 |
* seat of the Verbandsgemeinde
References
[edit]- ^ Statistisches Bundesamt – number of inhabitants in the municipalities on 31 December 2016.
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