Altlay

Altlay
Coat of arms
Altlay
Location of Altlay within Cochem-Zell district
Coordinates: 49°59′15.66″N 7°16′14.75″E / 49.9876833°N 7.2707639°E / 49.9876833; 7.2707639Coordinates: 49°59′15.66″N 7°16′14.75″E / 49.9876833°N 7.2707639°E / 49.9876833; 7.2707639
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Cochem-Zell
Municipal assoc.	Zell (Mosel)
Government
• Mayor	Wolfgang Klein
Area
• Total	5.75 km2 (2.22 sq mi)
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	468
• Density	81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56858
Dialling codes	06543
Vehicle registration	COC
Website	www.altlay.de

Altlay is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Zell, whose seat is in the municipality of Zell an der Mosel.

The municipality lies in the north of the Hunsrück between Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (3 km to the south) and the Moselle at an elevation of some 300 m above sea level. North of the village, the Altlayer Bach flows through a narrow valley into the Moselle. Altlay lies 8 km southeast of Zell and 11 km northwest of the town of Kirchberg.

As early as 1107, the municipality was mentioned under the name Leia. About 1489, slate mining near Altlay was mentioned. Beginning in 1794, Altlay lay under French rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Under the Verwaltungsvereinfachungsgesetz (“Administration Simplification Law”) of 18 July 1970, with effect from 7 November 1970, the municipality was grouped into the Verbandsgemeinde of Zell.