Girod
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| Girod | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Montabaur |
| Mayor | Karl-Heinz Fend |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 7.46 km² (2.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 265 m (869 ft) |
| Population | 1,238 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 166 /km² (430 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 56412 |
| Area code | 06485 |
| Website | www.vg-montabaur.de |
| Location of Girod within Westerwaldkreis district | |
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Girod is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
The community lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Gießen on the Eisenbach and on the edge of the Nassau Nature Park. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.
[edit] Constituent communities
Girod has one outlying Ortsteil named Kleinholbach. The two once autonomous villages are separated by the A 3.
[edit] History
In 1235, Girod had its first documentary mention.
[edit] Politics
[edit] Community council
The council is made up of 16 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] Transport
Girod has a request stop on the Unterwesterwaldbahn (railway, Siershahn–Montabaur–Limburg) at which stop regional trains roughly every two hours, run by the Vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are Montabaur and Diez on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), each 5 km away.
[edit] External links
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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