Altenkirchen
Coat of arms of Altenkirchen
Location of Altenkirchen (Verbandsgemeinde) within Landkreis Altenkirchen district
Altenkirchen   is located in Germany
Altenkirchen
Altenkirchen
Altenkirchen   is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Altenkirchen
Altenkirchen
Coordinates: 50°41′22″N 7°38′57″E / 50.689318°N 7.649120°E / 50.689318; 7.649120
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictLandkreis Altenkirchen
Disbanded2020
Subdivisions42 Gemeinden
Area
  Total153.52 km2 (59.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2018-12-31)
  Total22,860
  Density150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationAK
Websitewww.vg-altenkirchen.de

Altenkirchen is a former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde was in Altenkirchen. On 1 January 2020 it was merged into the new Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld. It lies within the region of the Westerwald known as Kroppach Switzerland.

The Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen consisted of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):[1]

MunicipalityArea (km²)Population
Almersbach0.61405
Altenkirchen *10.986,256
Bachenberg1.67107
Berod bei Hachenburg5.05566
Birnbach3.11634
Busenhausen3.02332
Eichelhardt2.84493
Ersfeld1.4073
Fiersbach3.04254
Fluterschen3.37650
Forstmehren1.61158
Gieleroth5.92652
Hasselbach5.76320
Helmenzen4.15881
Helmeroth3.57184
Hemmelzen2.83256
Heupelzen2.58252
Hilgenroth2.96288
Hirz-Maulsbach6.14299
Idelberg1.1357
Ingelbach5.08528
Isert1.84123
Kettenhausen1.68276
Kircheib6.55522
Kraam2.73174
Mammelzen4.121,068
Mehren3.67474
Michelbach4.42513
Neitersen5.64798
Obererbach3.63543
Oberirsen9.45610
Oberwambach3.99422
Ölsen2.2687
Racksen1.97151
Rettersen3.21365
Schöneberg3.20408
Sörth1.99241
Stürzelbach1.77237
Volkerzen1.9882
Werkhausen5.75234
Weyerbusch4.221,380
Wölmersen2.63390
Verbandsgemeinde
Altenkirchen
153.5222,743

* seat of the Verbandsgemeinde

References

  1. Statistisches Bundesamt – number of inhabitants in the municipalities on 31 December 2016.


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