Verbandsgemeinde Wirges

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Verbandsgemeinde Wirges
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Coordinates: 50 ° 28 '  N , 7 ° 48'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Westerwaldkreis
Area : 56.48 km 2
Residents: 19,522 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 346 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : WW
Association key : 07 1 43 5010
Association structure: 12 municipalities
Association administration address
: 		Bahnhofstrasse 10
56422 Wirges
Website : www.wirges.de
Mayor : Michael Ortseifen ( CDU )
Location of the Verbandsgemeinde Wirges in the Westerwaldkreis
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Administration of the Verbandsgemeinde Wirges

The Verbandsgemeinde Wirges is an administrative unit in the legal form of a regional authority in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . The municipality of the association includes the city of Wirges and eleven independent local communities , the administrative seat is in the eponymous city of Wirges.

Association members communities

Local parish, city Area (km²) Residents
Bannberscheid 1.88 656
Dernbach (Westerwald) 8.73 2,473
Boar cock 3.31 1,252
Helferskirchen 5.00 1,208
Leuterod 3.88 838
Mogendorf 4.24 1,286
Moschheim 3.44 718
Niedersayn 2.82 161
Ötzingen 5.98 1,381
Siershahn 4.42 2,887
Staudt 2.65 1,242
Wirges , city 10.13 5,420
Verbandsgemeinde Wirges 56.47 19,522

(Residents on December 31, 2019)

Population development

The development of the number of inhabitants in relation to today's area of ​​the Verbandsgemeinde Wirges; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents
1815 4,099
1835 5,390
1871 6,049
1905 10,108
1939 12,286
1950 13,914
year Residents
1961 15,265
1970 17,072
1987 16,945
1997 18,536
2005 18,969
2019 19,522

politics

Association municipal council

The Verbandsgemeinderat Wirges consists of 32 voluntary 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.

Distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice SPD CDU FDP FWG total
2019 8th 14th 3 7th 32 seats
2014 9 17th 1 5 32 seats
2009 9 14th 3 6th 32 seats
2004 9 17th - 6th 32 seats
  • FWG = Free Voting Group in the Verbandsgemeinde Wirges e. V.

mayor

Michael Ortseifen (CDU) became mayor of the Wirges community in September 1997. In the direct election on February 17, 2013, he was elected to this office for a further eight years with a vote share of 76.03%.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Under the red head of the shield, inside a black bar accompanied by two silver strips, in silver over twelve blue balls (five, four, three) in the base of the shield, a blue jug, topped with a silver rose with a red lug."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  3. ^ The regional returning officer RLP: Association council election 2019 Wirges. Retrieved August 26, 2019 .
  4. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, Verbandsgemeinderatswahlen
  5. ^ Verbandsgemeinde Wirges: Jubilee Mayor Ortseifen. October 11, 2018, accessed December 20, 2019 .
  6. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: Direct election 2013: Wirges, VG. February 18, 2013, accessed December 20, 2019 .