Association municipality of Kusel-Altenglan
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Coordinates: 49 ° 32 ' N , 7 ° 24' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Kusel | |
Area : | 179.54 km 2 | |
Residents: | 23,065 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 128 inhabitants per km 2 | |
License plate : | KUS | |
Association key : | 07 3 36 5010 | |
Association structure: | 34 municipalities | |
Association administration address : |
Marktplatz 1 66869 Kusel |
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Mayor : | Stefan Spitzer ( CDU ) | |
Location of the association community Kusel-Altenglan in the district of Kusel | ||
The Verbandsgemeinde Kusel-Altenglan is an association municipality in the district of Kusel in Rhineland-Palatinate . It was created on January 1, 2018 from the voluntary merger of the municipalities of Altenglan and Kusel . The city of Kusel and 33 independent local communities belong to it, and the administrative center is in Kusel.
Around 23,000 people live in the 34 parishes belonging to it.
Association members communities
Local parish, city | Area (km²) | Residents |
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Albessen | 4.43 | 136 |
Altenglan | 13.61 | 2,663 |
Bedesbach | 4.42 | 800 |
Blaubach | 3.14 | 389 |
Bosenbach | 8.16 | 653 |
Dennweiler-Frohnbach | 6.11 | 265 |
Ehweiler | 3.57 | 164 |
Elzweiler | 2.09 | 117 |
Erdesbach | 3.93 | 569 |
Etschberg | 3.45 | 654 |
Foeckelberg | 3.97 | 371 |
Haschbach am Remigiusberg | 4.02 | 671 |
Herchweiler | 2.85 | 495 |
Horschbach | 7.05 | 236 |
Konken | 7.04 | 827 |
Korborn | 5.86 | 360 |
Kusel , city | 14.37 | 5,518 |
Neunkirchen am Potzberg | 5.01 | 405 |
Down albums | 8.81 | 330 |
Niederstaufenbach | 2.01 | 262 |
Top albums | 5.62 | 214 |
Oberstaufenbach | 2.68 | 278 |
Pfeffelbach | 11.28 | 883 |
Rammelsbach | 2.64 | 1,472 |
Rathsweiler | 4.23 | 151 |
Reichweiler | 3.87 | 527 |
Ruthweiler | 3.31 | 457 |
Rutsweiler am Glan | 1.59 | 315 |
Schellweiler | 4.31 | 479 |
Selchenbach | 4.80 | 301 |
Thallichtenberg | 5.72 | 541 |
Theisbergstegen | 5.00 | 700 |
Ulmet | 7.10 | 674 |
Welchweiler | 3.48 | 188 |
VG Kusel-Altenglan | 179.54 | 23,065 |
(Residents on December 31, 2019)
history
On September 28, 2010 the state government passed the “First Law on Local and Administrative Reform” with the aim of improving the efficiency, competitiveness and administrative power of local structures. For municipalities it was determined that they should include at least 12,000 inhabitants (main residence on June 30, 2009). With 10,357 inhabitants, the Altenglan community fell short of the minimum number of residents , while the Kusel community had 13,658 residents on the reporting date.
On February 24, 2016, the “State law on the merger of the municipalities of Altenglan and Kusel” was passed in the state parliament. The law stipulates that on January 1, 2018, a new community will be formed from the previous municipalities of Altenglan and Kusel, which will be called "Kusel-Altenglan". The seat of their administration is the city of Kusel .
On the occasion of the formation of the new association community, the state granted an allocation of 2,000,000 euros.
politics
Association municipal council
The first elections for the municipal council and the mayor of the new municipality will take place before the change of territory. The election day for this is set by the district administration of the Kusel district.
The election took place on June 11, 2017 in a personalized proportional representation . The following distribution of seats resulted:
choice | SPD | CDU | FW | AfD | Green | total |
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2017 | 13 | 12 | 6th | 3 | 2 | 36 seats |
mayor
In the election on June 11, 2017, Stefan Spitzer (CDU) was elected mayor of the new community with 66.60% of the vote .
The election times of the previous municipal councils of the municipalities of Altenglan and Kusel as well as the term of office of the previous mayor of the municipality of Altenglan ended prematurely on December 31, 2017. The next election of the municipal council of the new municipality will take place from April 1st to June 30th Will take place in 2024.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ First state law on local and administrative reform of September 28, 2010 (PDF; 685 kB)
- ↑ Database at rlpDirekt, KommWis GmbH ( Memento of the original from April 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d Draft of the state law on the merger of the municipalities of Altenglan and Kusel of January 27, 2016 with corresponding explanations - printed matter 16/6117
- ↑ http://www.rheinpfalz.de/lokal/kusel/artikel/verbandsgemeinderat-kusel-altenglan-spd-staerkste-kraft-gewaehlte-haben-fest/
- ↑ http://www.wahlen.rlp.de/kw/dw/wahltermine/pdf/Direktwahl-Erresult_33210000000_11062017.pdf