Ruwer (Verbandsgemeinde)

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Ruwer (Verbandsgemeinde)
Verbandsgemeinde
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Ruwer (Verbandsgemeinde)
Coordinates: 49°44′44″N6°44′41″E / 49.74556°N 6.74472°E / 49.74556; 6.74472 Coordinates: 49°44′44″N6°44′41″E / 49.74556°N 6.74472°E / 49.74556; 6.74472
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Trier-Saarburg
FoundedOctober 1, 1968
Subdivisions20 Municipalities
Government
 •  Mayor (2017–25) Stephanie Nickels [1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total126.6 km2 (48.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2020-12-31) [2]
 • Total18,403
 • Density150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration TR, SAB
Website www.ruwer.de

Ruwer is a Verbandsgemeinde (collective municipality) with 18,171 inhabitants (as at Dec 2015) on the river Ruwer near Trier in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is famous for the wine from the Moselle wine-growing region, which used to be called Moselle-Saar-Ruwer, and which was founded by the Romans. The administrative seat used to be located in Ruwer, which was an independent municipality until it was incorporated into the city of Trier. The seat has been located in Waldrach since November 2005.

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Ruwer consists of the following 20 Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):

NameArea
(km²)		1563
(Fireplaces)		1684
(Fireplaces)		1818
(Population)		2000
(Population)		2015
(Population)
DEU Bonerath COA.svg Bonerath 4.2566151256245
DEU Farschweiler COA.svg Farschweiler 7.45138197760784
DEU Gusterath COA.svg Gusterath 4.41591412,0151,891
DEU Gutweiler COA.svg Gutweiler 2.5177100739648
DEU Herl COA.svg Herl 2.8357140254268
DEU Hinzenburg COA.svg Hinzenburg 2.873382164142
DEU Holzerath COA.svg Holzerath 6.7665186498429
DEU Kasel COA.svg Kasel 4.5325212551,3471,312
DEU Korlingen COA.svg Korlingen 2.089697890771
DEU Lorscheid COA.svg Lorscheid 5.091112187621568
DEU Mertesdorf COA.svg Mertesdorf 6.4720142871,7621,650
DEU Morscheid COA.svg Morscheid 5.481718227821954
DEU Ollmuth COA.svg Ollmuth 3.934491174160
DEU Osburg COA.svg Osburg 33.9223175151,9432,457
DEU Pluwig COA.svg Pluwig 4.87992501,2311,600
DEU Riveris COA.svg Riveris 2.1144133364408
DEU Schondorf COA.svg Schöndorf 10.031212296831734
DEU Sommerau COA.svg Sommerau 1.0411297473
Wappen Gemeinde Thomm.jpg Thomm 4.4916123271,0411,050
Wappen waldrach.gif Waldrach 12.4553415332,1792,027
DEU Verbandsgemeinde Ruwer COA.svg Σ Ruwer (Verbandsgemeinde)127.572492164,22417,96418,171

The Verbandsgemeinde Ruwer is a part of the district De triersaarburg coat.png Trier-Saarburg.

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References

  1. ↑ Wahl der Bürgermeister der Verbandsgemeinden, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 10 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand 2020, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2021.
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