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Girod, Germany

Coordinates: 50°27′03″N 7°54′36″E / 50.45083°N 7.91000°E / 50.45083; 7.91000
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Girod, Germany
Coat of arms of Girod, Germany
Location of Girod, Germany within Westerwaldkreis district
Girod, Germany is located in Germany
Girod, Germany
Girod, Germany
Girod, Germany is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Girod, Germany
Girod, Germany
Coordinates: 50°27′03″N 7°54′36″E / 50.45083°N 7.91000°E / 50.45083; 7.91000
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Montabaur
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Hans-Jürgen Herbst[1]
Area
 • Total7.46 km2 (2.88 sq mi)
Elevation
265 m (869 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,208
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56412
Dialling codes06485
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.vg-montabaur.de

Girod is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

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Location

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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

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Girod has one outlying Ortsteil named Kleinholbach. The two once autonomous villages are separated by the A 3.

History

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In 1235, Girod had its first documentary mention.

Politics

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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

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Transport

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Girod has a request stop on the Lower Westerwald Railway (Unterwesterwaldbahn), SiershahnMontabaurLimburg, 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 (CologneFrankfurt), each 5 km away.

References

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  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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