Verbandsgemeinde Westhofen

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 42 '  N , 8 ° 15'  E
Basic data (as of 2014)
Existing period:	1972-2014
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Alzey-Worms
Area :	72.33 km 2
Residents:	11,650 (June 30, 2014)
Population density :	161 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	AZ
Association key :	07 3 31 5004
Association structure:	10 municipalities
Association administration address :	Wormser Strasse 23 67593 Westhofen

Location of the association in the Alzey-Worms district

The Verbandsgemeinde Westhofen was an administrative unit in the legal form of a regional body in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate . The municipality included ten separate local churches at the administrative headquarters was in the eponymous municipality Westhofen . The Verbandsgemeinde Westhofen merged into the Verbandsgemeinde Wonnegau on July 1, 2014 .

Association members communities

Local parish	Area (km²)	Residents
Bechtheim	13.34	1,801
Bermersheim	2.32	324
Dittelsheim-Hessloch	13.84	2,091
Frettenheim	2.74	320
Gundersheim	8.64	1,591
Gundheim	4.61	906
Hangen-Weisheim	4.60	459
Hochborn	3.56	407
Monzernheim	3.95	590
Westhofen	14.73	3,161
Verbandsgemeinde Westhofen	72.33	11,650

(Resident on June 30, 2014)

Population development

The development of the number of inhabitants in relation to the area of ​​the Verbandsgemeinde Westhofen in 2014; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 6,462 1835 9.223 1871 8,372 1905 8,908 1939 9.012 1950 11,066

year Residents 1961 10,254 1970 10,292 1987 10,062 1997 11,588 2005 12,218 2014 11,650

politics

The former municipality administration in Westhofen

Association municipal council

The Verbandsgemeinderat Westhofen consisted of 28 voluntary council members who were last elected in the local elections on June 7, 2009 in a personalized proportional representation, and the full-time mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the former municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FDP	FWG	total
2009	8th	10	3	7th	28 seats
2004	8th	10	3	7th	28 seats

mayor

The Verbandsgemeinde Westhofen had only two mayors during its entire existence. From 1972 to 2002 it was Peter Nauth, followed by Walter Wagner. Both were members of the CDU.

fusion

On July 1, 2014, the community of Westhofen merged with the previously independent town of Osthofen to form the new community of Wonnegau . This has its administrative headquarters in Osthofen, a second administrative office will remain in Westhofen.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gesellschaft für Kommunikation und Wissenstransfer mbH - rlpDirekt ( Memento of the original from April 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2009, Verbandsgemeinderatswahlen