Country Germany District Westerwaldkreis Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 4.29 km² Postal code 56459 Dialling code 02663 | State Rhineland-Palatinate Municipal assoc. Westerburg Postal codes 56459 Population 601 (31 Dec 2008) Local time Thursday 4:11 PM | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind W at 21 km/h, 57% Humidity | ||
Bellingen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Map of 56459 Bellingen, Germany
Geography
Bellingen lies in a hollow northwest of Westerburg. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality.
Community council
The council is made up of 8 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
Transport
South of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
References
Bellingen, Rhineland-Palatinate Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA