Wiggensbach

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Wiggensbach
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Swabia
District	Oberallgäu
Local subdivisions	3 Ortsteile und 72 Weiler/Einöden
Mayor	Heribert Guggenmos (CSU)
Basic statistics
Area	31.83 km² (12.3 sq mi)
Elevation	870-1,077 m
Population	4,659 (31/12/2006)
- Density	146 /km² (379 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	OA
Postal code	87487
Area code	08370
Website	www.wiggensbach.de Coordinates: 47°44′45″N 10°13′55″E / 47.74583, 10.23194

Wiggensbach is a municipality in Bavaria. It is situated about 7 kilometres west of Kempten, the next greater town.

Neighbour municipalities are Altusried in the north and Buchenberg in the south of the village. The municipality consists of Wiggensbach as the main village and Ermengerst and Westenried as two districts of Wiggensbach. There are furthermore 72 hamlets in the area of the municipality.

The height of the village is between 870 and 1.077 metres above sea level.

Partner townhsip of Wiggensbach is Hattstatt in France, in 2003 the two communes commemorate 20th anniversary of the partnership.

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Oberallgäu

Altusried \| Bad Hindelang \| Balderschwang \| Betzigau \| Blaichach \| Bolsterlang \| Buchenberg \| Burgberg im Allgäu \| Dietmannsried \| Durach \| Fischen \| Haldenwang \| Immenstadt \| Lauben \| Missen-Wilhams \| Obermaiselstein \| Oberstaufen \| Oberstdorf \| Ofterschwang \| Oy-Mittelberg \| Rettenberg \| Sonthofen \| Sulzberg \| Waltenhofen \| Weitnau \| Wertach \| Wiggensbach \| Wildpoldsried