Girod

Girod

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Girod

Coordinates: 50°27′03″N 7°54′36″E / 50.45083°N 7.91000°E / 50.45083; 7.91000Coordinates: 50°27′03″N 7°54′36″E / 50.45083°N 7.91000°E / 50.45083; 7.91000
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Montabaur
Government
  Mayor Karl-Heinz Fend
Area
  Total 7.46 km2 (2.88 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
  Total 1,178
  Density 160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56412
Dialling codes 06485
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.vg-montabaur.de

Girod is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Gießen on the Eisenbach and on the edge of the Nassau Nature Park. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality.

Constituent communities

Girod has one outlying Ortsteil named Kleinholbach. The two once autonomous villages are separated by the A 3.

History

In 1235, Girod had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 16 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Girod has a request stop on the Lower Westerwald Railway (Unterwesterwaldbahn), SiershahnMontabaurLimburg, at which stop regional trains roughly every two hours, run by the Vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are Montabaur and Diez on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt), each 5 km away.

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