Verbandsgemeinde Eich

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Alzey-Worms
Area :	68.48 km 2
Residents:	13,203 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	193 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	AZ
Association key :	07 3 31 5002
Association structure:	5 municipalities
Association administration address ; :	Hauptstrasse 26 ; 67575 Eich
Website :	www.vg-eich.de
Mayor :	Maximilian Abstein ( CDU )
Location of the Eich Verbandsgemeinde in the Alzey-Worms district

The administrative seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Eich

The Verbandsgemeinde Eich is an administrative unit in the legal form of a regional authority in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate . The Verbandsgemeinde belong to five independent local communities , the administrative seat is in the eponymous local community Eich .

Description of the association's coat of arms

The association's coat of arms is made up of parts of the coats of arms of the five associated locations. It is structured from top to bottom and from a heraldic point of view from right to left (otherwise the other way around):

- first row: oak (acorn)

- second row: Gimbsheim (double hook) and Hamm am Rhein (pike)

- third row: Alsheim (bishop's staff) and Mettenheim (Rheinhessen) (eagle claw)

Association members communities

Local parish	Area (km²)	Residents
Alsheim	15.54	2,802
Calibration	21.02	3,691
Gimbsheim	17.62	3,023
Hamm on the Rhine	7.89	2,028
Mettenheim	6.41	1,659
Verbandsgemeinde Eich	68.47	13,203

(Residents on December 31, 2019)

Population development

The development of the number of inhabitants in relation to the area of what is now the municipality of Eich; the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year	Residents
1815	4,914
1835	7,636
1871	7,264
1905	8,325
1939	9,350
1950	10,549

year	Residents
1961	10,500
1970	11,139
1987	11,130
1997	12,219
2005	12,720
2019	13,203

politics

Association municipal council

The Eich Verbandsgemeinderat consists of 28 honorary council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the full-time mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FDP	FWG	GLA	total
2019	9	6th	2	7th	4th	28 seats
2014	11	7th	3	4th	3	28 seats
2009	12	6th	4th	3	3	28 seats
2004	12	7th	3	4th	2	28 seats

FWG = Free Voting Community Altrhein
GLA = Green List Altrhein eV

mayor

Gerhard Kiefer (SPD), 1990–2015
Maximilian Abstein (CDU), since February 1, 2016

Maximilian Abstein was elected in the runoff election on November 22, 2015 with a share of the vote of 52.40%, after none of the original five applicants achieved a sufficient majority in the direct election on November 1, 2015.

Web links

Verbandsgemeinde Eich

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).

↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data

^ The regional returning officer RLP: Association council elections 2019. Accessed on August 10, 2019 .
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: direct election 2015. 331 02 Eich, VG. November 23, 2015, accessed November 24, 2019 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).

[regionaldaten-2] State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data