Girod is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Girod, Germany | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Girod, Germany within Westerwaldkreis district  | |
  Girod, Germany  Girod, Germany | |
| Coordinates: 50°27′03″N 7°54′36″E / 50.45083°N 7.91000°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Montabaur |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Hans-Jürgen Herbst[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.46 km2 (2.88 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 265 m (869 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,208 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56412 |
| Dialling codes | 06485 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.vg-montabaur.de |
Geography edit
Location edit
The community lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Gießen on the Eisenbach and on the edge of the Nassau Nature Park. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality.
Constituent communities edit
Girod has one outlying Ortsteil named Kleinholbach. The two once autonomous villages are separated by the A 3.
History edit
In 1235, Girod had its first documentary mention.
Politics edit
The municipal council is made up of 16 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
Economy and infrastructure edit
Transport edit
Girod has a request stop on the Lower Westerwald Railway (Unterwesterwaldbahn), Siershahn–Montabaur–Limburg, at which stop regional trains roughly every two hours, run by the Vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are Montabaur and Diez on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), each 5 km away.
References edit
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
External links edit
- Girod in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)
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