Bellingen, Rhineland-Palatinate

Bellingen

Coat of arms
Bellingen
Location of Bellingen within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates: 50°35′31″N 7°54′25″E / 50.59194°N 7.90694°E / 50.59194; 7.90694Coordinates: 50°35′31″N 7°54′25″E / 50.59194°N 7.90694°E / 50.59194; 7.90694
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Westerburg
Government
 • Mayor Gerhard Kornab
Area
 • Total 4.29 km2 (1.66 sq mi)
Elevation 430 m (1,410 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 605
 • Density 140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56459
Dialling codes 02663
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.bellingen.de

Bellingen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Bellingen lies in a hollow northwest of Westerburg. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 8 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

Transport

South of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

  1. ↑ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz "Bevölkerungsstand 2017 - Gemeindeebene" Check |url= value (help). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2018.


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