Polch

Polch
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Polch within Mayen-Koblenz district
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Coordinates: 50°18′04″N7°19′00″E / 50.30111°N 7.31667°E / 50.30111; 7.31667
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mayen-Koblenz
Municipal assoc.	Maifeld
Government
•  Mayor (2019–24)	Gerd Klasen [1]
Area
• Total	28.68 km2 (11.07 sq mi)
Elevation	219 m (719 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31) [2]
• Total	6,976
• Density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56751
Dialling codes	02654
Vehicle registration	MYK, MY
Website	www.polch.de

Polch (German pronunciation: [pɔlç] ^ⓘ ) is a town in the district Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") of Maifeld. It is situated east of Mayen.

Polch is twinned with the commune of Vineuil, located near Blois, Centre-Val de Loire, France

Local council (Stadtrat)

Elections were held in May 2014: ^[3]

Election	SPD	CDU	The Left	FWG Free voters	Total
2014	7	11	1	3	22 seats
2009	9	10	–	3	22 seats
2004	6	14	–	2	22 seats

• FWG = Freie Wählergruppe Polch e.V.

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  Saint George's church
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  Canola field near Polch

References

1. Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 5 August 2021.
2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
3. Der Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz: Kommunalwahl 2014, Stadt- und Gemeinderatswahlen