Wissen (Verbandsgemeinde)

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Wissen
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Location of Wissen (Verbandsgemeinde) within Landkreis Altenkirchen district
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Wissen
Coordinates: 50°46′52″N7°44′5″E / 50.78111°N 7.73472°E / 50.78111; 7.73472
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Landkreis Altenkirchen
Subdivisions6 Gemeinden
Government
   Mayor (202028) Benno Neuhoff [1] (CDU)
Area
  Total91.49 km2 (35.32 sq mi)
Population
 (2021-12-31) [2]
  Total14,772
  Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration AK
Website www.wissen.eu

Wissen is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Wissen.

Sieg high route at Katzwinkel Sieg-High-Route-Kalteich-018.jpg
Sieg high route at Katzwinkel

The VerbandsgemeindeWissen consists of the following 6 Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"): [3]

MunicipalityArea (km²)Population
DEU Birken-Honigsessen COA.svg Birken-Honigsessen 18.142,460
DEU Hovels COA.svg Hövels 7.88535
DEU Katzwinkel COA.svg Katzwinkel 15.801,801
DEU Mittelhof COA.svg Mittelhof 11.131,011
DEU Selbach COA.svg Selbach 3.66789
DEU Wissen COA.svg Wissen *34.888,437
DEU Verbandsgemeinde Wissen COA.svg Verbandsgemeinde
Wissen
91.4915,033

* seat of the Verbandsgemeinde

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References

  1. Wahl der Bürgermeister der Verbandsgemeinden, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2021, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2022.
  3. Statistisches Bundesamt – number of inhabitants in the municipalities on 31 December 2016.