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Norken 
NorkenLocation of Norken within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates 50°40′22″N 7°53′52″E / 50.67278°N 7.89778°ECoordinates: 50°40′22″N 7°53′52″E / 50.67278°N 7.89778°E Administration Country Germany State Rhineland-Palatinate District Westerwaldkreis Municipal assoc. Bad Marienberg (Westerwald) Mayor Friedrich-Wilhelm Wagner Basic statistics Area 5.99 km2 (2.31 sq mi) Elevation 458 m (1503 ft) Population 972 (31 December 2010)[1] - Density 162 /km2 (420 /sq mi) Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate WW Postal code 57629 Area code 02661 Website www.norken.de Norken is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Geography
Location
The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen on the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia. The community is also between the Große Nister and Kleine Nister. Norken belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
History
In 1262, Norken 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.
Regular events
At Easter, the traditional Eierschibbeln – a kind of Easter egg roll – is celebrated.
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
Running right near the community is Bundesstraße 414, leading from Herborn to Altenkirchen. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen and Wilnsdorf on the A 45 (Dortmund–Hanau), some 26 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
References
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2010" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A1033_201022_hj_G.pdf.
External links
- Norken (German)
- Norken in the collective municipality’s Web pages (German)
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Categories:- Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate
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