| Bellingen  | |
|---|---|
|  | |
| _COA.svg.png.webp) Coat of arms | |
| Location of Bellingen  within Westerwaldkreis   district   | |
|   Bellingen    Bellingen  | |
| Coordinates: 50°35′31″N 7°54′25″E / 50.59194°N 7.90694°E | |
| Country | Germany | 
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | 
| District | Westerwaldkreis | 
| Municipal assoc. | Westerburg | 
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Michael Wisser[1] | 
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.29 km2 (1.66 sq mi) | 
| Elevation | 430 m (1,410 ft) | 
| Population  (2021-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 622 | 
| • Density | 140/km2 (380/sq mi) | 
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | 
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | 
| Postal codes | 56459 | 
| Dialling codes | 02663 | 
| Vehicle registration | WW | 
| Website | www.bellingen.de | 
Bellingen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Bellingen lies in a hollow northwest of Westerburg. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality.
Politics
The municipal council is made up of 8 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
South of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
References
- ↑ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand 2021, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2022.
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