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Halbs

Coordinates: 50°35′27″N 7°57′53″E / 50.59083°N 7.96472°E / 50.59083; 7.96472
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Halbs
Coat of arms of Halbs
Location of Halbs within Westerwaldkreis district
Halbs is located in Germany
Halbs
Halbs
Halbs is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Halbs
Halbs
Coordinates: 50°35′27″N 7°57′53″E / 50.59083°N 7.96472°E / 50.59083; 7.96472
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Westerburg
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Rudi Keßler[1]
Area
 • Total2.12 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Elevation
450 m (1,480 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total353
 • Density170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56457
Dialling codes02663
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.westerburger-land.de

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

Geography

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Location

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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

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Bordering on Halbs are Ailertchen, Hergenroth and Stahlhofen am Wiesensee.

Politics

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The municipal 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

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North of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Diez on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

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  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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