Bellingen, Rhineland-Palatinate
Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Bellingen (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛlɪŋən]) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Bellingen | |
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_COA.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Bellingen
within Westerwaldkreis district
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 Location of Bellingen | |
  Bellingen Location within Germany  Bellingen Location within Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Coordinates: 50°35′31″N 7°54′25″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Westerburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Michael Wisser[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.29 km2 (1.66 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 430 m (1,410 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 629 |
| • Density | 147/km2 (380/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56459 |
| Dialling codes | 02663 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.bellingen.de |
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.
Politics
The municipal 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.
Economy and infrastructure
The local bus lines 959 and 965 connect Bellingen to the public transport, the village is located on the area of the transport association Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM), zone number 439.
South of the municipality 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.
