Boos, Mayen-Koblenz

Boos
Coat of arms
Boos Location of Boos within Mayen-Koblenz district
Coordinates: 50°18′47″N 7°1′10″E / 50.31306°N 7.01944°E / 50.31306; 7.01944Coordinates: 50°18′47″N 7°1′10″E / 50.31306°N 7.01944°E / 50.31306; 7.01944
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mayen-Koblenz
Municipal assoc.	Vordereifel
Government
• Mayor	Friedhelm Stephani
Area
• Total	10.38 km2 (4.01 sq mi)
Elevation	470 m (1,540 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
• Total	606
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56729
Dialling codes	02656
Vehicle registration	MYK
Website	www.boos-eifel.de

Boos is a municipality in the county of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.

Geography

The parish lies in the East Eifel, a mountain region characterised by volcanic maars and covers an area of 10.38 km², of which 5.02 km² are forest. In 2000, a nature reserve was established, the Booser Maar, with an area of 1.52 km².

Boos is the westernmost municipality of the county of Mayen-Koblenz and lies in the Volcanic Eifel, around five kilometres southeast of the Nürburgring racetrack. Northwest of the village is the Eifel Tower, erected in 2003, on the 557-metre-high hill of Schneeberg with views over the local area including the Booser Doppelmaar, a double maar.

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