Girod

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
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Lageplan = Girod im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Montabaur
Höhe = 265
Fläche = 7.46
Einwohner = 1238
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56412
Vorwahl = 06485
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 021
Adresse-Verband = Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 8
56410 Montabaur
Website = [http://www.vg-montabaur.de/rpn/vg_montabaur/haupt/gemeinden/inhalt/gemeinde_girod/index.html www.vg-montabaur.de]
Bürgermeister = Karl-Heinz Fend
Partei =

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 found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.

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 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Girod has a request stop on the "Unterwesterwaldbahn" (railway, Siershahn–Montabaur–Limburg) 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 (Cologne–Frankfurt), each 5 km away.

External links

* [http://www.vg-montabaur.de/rpn/vg_montabaur/haupt/gemeinden/inhalt/gemeinde_girod/index.html Girod in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon