Grafschaft, Rhineland

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Grafschaft

Coat of arms
Grafschaft
Coordinates: 50°34′17″N 7°05′49″E / 50.57139°N 7.09694°E / 50.57139; 7.09694Coordinates: 50°34′17″N 7°05′49″E / 50.57139°N 7.09694°E / 50.57139; 7.09694
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Ahrweiler
Government
  Mayor Achim Juchem (CDU)
Area
  Total 57.55 km2 (22.22 sq mi)
Elevation 200 m (700 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
  Total 10,714
  Density 190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 53501
Dialling codes 02641; 02225 (Ortsteile Eckendorf und Gelsdorf)
Vehicle registration AW
Website www.gemeinde-grafschaft.de

Grafschaft is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km south of Bonn.

Grafschaft is famous for its Rheinischer Zuckerrübensirup a PGI protected sugar-beet syrup.

The following 17 villages belong to Grafschaft:

  • Alteheck
  • Beller
  • Bengen
  • Birresdorf
  • Bölingen
  • Eckendorf
  • Esch
  • Gelsdorf
  • Holzweiler
  • Karweiler
  • Lantershofen
  • Leimersdorf
  • Niederich
  • Nierendorf
  • Oeverich
  • Ringen
  • Vettelhoven

The total population is 11,500 inhabitants.

References

  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2012". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2013. 

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