Halbs
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Location of Halbs within Westerwaldkreis district
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| Coordinates: 50°35′27″N 7°57′53″E / 50.59083°N 7.96472°ECoordinates: 50°35′27″N 7°57′53″E / 50.59083°N 7.96472°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Westerwaldkreis | |
| Municipal assoc. | Westerburg | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Rudi Kessler | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2.12 km2 (0.82 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 450 m (1,480 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 366 | |
| • Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 56457 | |
| Dialling codes | 02663 | |
| Vehicle registration | WW | |
| Website | www.westerburger-land.de | |
Halbs is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Halbs lies 3 km north of Westerburg on a bank in the middle of a wooded and field area. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality.
Bordering on Halbs are Ailertchen, Hergenroth and Stahlhofen am Wiesensee.
The council is made up of 9 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
North of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Diez on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
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