Verbandsgemeinde Kandel
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Coordinates: 49 ° 5 ' N , 8 ° 12' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Germersheim | |
Area : | 69.01 km 2 | |
Residents: | 16,262 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 236 inhabitants per km 2 | |
License plate : | GER | |
Association key : | 07 3 34 5004 | |
Association structure: | 7 municipalities | |
Association administration address : |
Gartenstrasse 8 76870 Kandel |
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Mayor : | Volker Poss ( SPD ) | |
Location of the Verbandsgemeinde Kandel in the district of Germersheim | ||
The Verbandsgemeinde Kandel is an administrative unit in the legal form of a regional authority in the district of Germersheim in Rhineland-Palatinate . The municipality of the association includes the city of Kandel and six independent local communities , the administrative seat is in the eponymous city of Kandel. It is located in the southern Palatinate .
Association members communities
Local parish, city | Area (km²) | Residents |
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Erlenbach near Kandel | 5.47 | 705 |
Freckenfeld | 11.13 | 1,586 |
Kandel , city | 26.64 | 9,034 |
Minfeld | 8.41 | 1,693 |
Steinweiler | 11.88 | 1,954 |
Vollmersweiler | 2.18 | 198 |
Winches | 3.21 | 1,092 |
Verbandsgemeinde Kandel | 68.92 | 16,262 |
(Residents on December 31, 2019)
Population development
The development of the number of inhabitants in relation to the area of today's Verbandsgemeinde Kandel; the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
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politics
Association municipal council
The Verbandsgemeinderat Kandel consists of 32 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 | AfD | FDP | GREEN | LEFT | FWG | total |
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2019 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4th | 32 seats |
2014 | 12 | 11 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4th | 32 seats |
2009 | 12 | 10 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 5 | 32 seats |
2004 | 11 | 11 | - | 3 | 3 | - | 4th | 32 seats |
- FWG = Free Voting Community Verbandsgemeinde Kandel e. V.
mayor
Mayor of the community of Kandel is Volker Poß (SPD). In the direct election on September 25, 2016, he was confirmed in his office for a further eight years with a share of the vote of 54.5%.
coat of arms
Blazon : "In a shield border split by silver and blue, splitby blue and silver, on the right an overturned silver sword with a golden pommel, on the top right angled by a six-pointed golden star, on the left a green acorn with two green oak leaves." | |
Foundation of the coat of arms: It was approved by the Neustadt district government in 1985 . The sword and the star were taken from the coat of arms of the city of Kandel, the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde, and the acorn symbolizes the forest in the entire area. |
Web links
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 Kandel. Retrieved August 15, 2019 .
- ^ Die Rheinpfalz: Kandel: Association Mayor Poss confirmed in office at election. September 25, 2016, accessed December 7, 2019 .
- ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .