Halbs

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Halbs

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Halbs
Coordinates: 50°35′27″N 7°57′53″E / 50.59083°N 7.96472°E / 50.59083; 7.96472Coordinates: 50°35′27″N 7°57′53″E / 50.59083°N 7.96472°E / 50.59083; 7.96472
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Westerburg
Government
 • Mayor Rudi Kessler
Area
 • Total 2.12 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Elevation 450 m (1,480 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
 • Total 368
 • Density 170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56457
Dialling codes 02663
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.westerburger-land.de

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

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

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This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Towns and municipalities in Westerwaldkreis
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