Halbs

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

Halbs
Coat of arms
Location of Halbs within Westerwaldkreis district
Halbs
Halbs
Coordinates: 50°35′27″N 7°57′53″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Westerburg
Government
 • MayorRudi Kessler
Area
 • Total2.12 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Elevation
450 m (1,480 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total359
 • Density170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
56457
Dialling codes02663
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.westerburger-land.de

Geography

Location

Halbs lies 3 km north of Westerburg on a bank in the middle of a wooded and field area. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality.

Neighbouring communities

Bordering on Halbs are Ailertchen, Hergenroth and Stahlhofen am Wiesensee.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 9 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

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

References
  1. "Bevölkerungsstand 2018 - Gemeindeebene". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2019.


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