Elsoff

Elsoff

Coat of arms
Elsoff
Location of Elsoff within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates: 50°34′33″N 8°06′58″E / 50.57583°N 8.11611°E / 50.57583; 8.11611Coordinates: 50°34′33″N 8°06′58″E / 50.57583°N 8.11611°E / 50.57583; 8.11611
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Rennerod
Government
 • Mayor Willi Halm
Area
 • Total 9.44 km2 (3.64 sq mi)
Elevation 370 m (1,210 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 893
 • Density 95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56479
Dialling codes 02664
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.elsoff.de

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

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Siegen (35 km to the north), Wetzlar (28 km to the east) and Limburg an der Lahn (22 km to the south). Elsoff belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

West of the community runs Bundesstraße 54, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegen. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Herborn on the A 45 (Dortmund–Aschaffenburg), some 25 km away. 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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