Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken
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Coordinates: 49 ° 39 ' N , 7 ° 36' E |
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| Basic data (as of 2014) | ||
| Existing period: | 1972-2014 | |
| State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| County : | Kusel | |
| Area : | 134.48 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 10,754 (Dec. 31, 2012) | |
| Population density : | 80 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| License plate : | KUS | |
| Association key : | 07 3 36 5004 | |
| Association structure: | 26 municipalities | |
| Association administration address : |
Schulstrasse 6 a 67742 Lauterecken |
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| Mayor : | Egbert Jung (–2014) | |
The Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken was an administrative unit in the legal form of a regional body in the district of Kusel in Rhineland-Palatinate . The municipality of Lauterecken belonged to the town of Lauterecken as well as 25 independent local parishes , the administrative seat was in the eponymous town of Lauterecken.
The Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken was dissolved on July 1, 2014, the associated municipalities were assigned to the new Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein together with the communities of the former Verbandsgemeinde Wolfstein .
Association members communities
| Local parish, city | Area (km²) | Residents |
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| Adenbach | 2.94 | 149 |
| Buborn | 2.86 | 154 |
| Cronenberg | 2.65 | 140 |
| Deimberg | 2.12 | 93 |
| Ginsweiler | 3.99 | 311 |
| Glan bridges | 4.65 | 487 |
| Grumbach | 3.32 | 462 |
| House hamlet | 1.56 | 53 |
| Heinzenhausen | 2.22 | 285 |
| Herren-Sulzbach | 2.92 | 153 |
| Hohenöllen | 5.17 | 354 |
| Homberg | 10.89 | 212 |
| Hoppstädten | 6.24 | 288 |
| Kappeln | 7.67 | 200 |
| Kirrweiler | 6.34 | 174 |
| Boring | 4.16 | 251 |
| Lauterecken , city | 8.89 | 2,194 |
| Lohnweiler | 4.94 | 395 |
| Medard | 5.99 | 482 |
| Merzweiler | 2.27 | 183 |
| Nerzweiler | 2.13 | 126 |
| Odenbach | 7.94 | 858 |
| Offenbach-Hundheim | 7.84 | 1,147 |
| Saint Julian | 14.07 | 1,128 |
| Unterjeckenbach | 7.38 | 67 |
| Wiesweiler | 3.32 | 408 |
| Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken | 134.48 | 10,754 |
(Resident on December 31, 2012)
Population development
The development of the number of inhabitants in relation to the area of the Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken at the time of the dissolution; the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
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Association municipal council
The Lauterecken municipal council consisted of 28 voluntary council members and the full-time mayor as chairman.
Distribution of seats in the municipal council:
| choice | SPD | CDU | FDP | FWG | total |
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| 2009 | 11 | 6th | 3 | 8th | 28 seats |
| 2004 | 12 | 8th | 2 | 6th | 28 seats |
Land use
The floor area was 134.48 km² (as of December 31, 2011):
- Agricultural land 52.2%
- Forest area 39.2%
- Water surface 0.8%
- Settlement and traffic area 9.6%
- Other areas 0.2%
education
The Verbandsgemeinde had two primary schools , a Realschule plus , a special school and a grammar school .