Niedersayn
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| Niedersayn | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Wirges |
| Local subdivisions | 3 |
| Mayor | Friedhelm Blaum |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 2.82 km² (1.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 340 m (1116 ft) |
| Population | 222 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 79 /km² (204 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 56244 |
| Area code | 02602 |
| Website | www.niedersayn.de |
| Location of Niedersayn within Westerwaldkreis district | |
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Niedersayn 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 north of Montabaur on the river Sayn. Since 1971 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Wirges, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.
[edit] Constituent communities
Niedersayn’s Ortsteile are Karnhöfen, Blaumhöfen and Niedersayn.
[edit] History
In 1277, Niedersayn had its first documentary mention under the name Langesain.
[edit] Politics
[edit] Community council
The council is made up of 7 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] Transport
East of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, linking Montabaur and Rennerod, and also Bundesstraße 8. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 3 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
[edit] External links
- Niedersayn (German)
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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