Bassenheim

Bassenheim
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Bassenheim
Location of Bassenheim within Mayen-Koblenz district
Coordinates: 50°21′35″N 07°27′42″E / 50.35972°N 7.46167°E / 50.35972; 7.46167Coordinates: 50°21′35″N 07°27′42″E / 50.35972°N 7.46167°E / 50.35972; 7.46167
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Mayen-Koblenz
Municipal assoc. Weißenthurm
Government
 • Mayor Arno Schmitz (CDU)
Area
 • Total 14.76 km2 (5.70 sq mi)
Elevation 69 m (226 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 2,942
 • Density 200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56220
Dialling codes 02625
Vehicle registration MYK
Website www.bassenheim.de

Bassenheim is a municipality in the district Mayen-Koblenz, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Weißenthurm. It is situated 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) away from Koblenz. The city council consists of 20 people, 13 of them from the CDU and 7 from the SPD.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Bassenheim is twinned with:

  • Poland Pasym, Poland (originally a German town with a near-identical name, Passenheim)[2]

References

  1. ↑ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz "Bevölkerungsstand 2017 - Gemeindeebene" Check |url= value (help). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2018.
  2. ↑ Bassenheim.de Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
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