Langenlonsheim

Langenlonsheim
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Langenlonsheim
Location of Langenlonsheim within Bad Kreuznach district
Coordinates: 49°53′41″N 07°53′53″E / 49.89472°N 7.89806°E / 49.89472; 7.89806Coordinates: 49°53′41″N 07°53′53″E / 49.89472°N 7.89806°E / 49.89472; 7.89806
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Bad Kreuznach
Municipal assoc.	Langenlonsheim
Government
• Mayor	Michael Cyfka (CDU)
Area
• Total	11.91 km2 (4.60 sq mi)
Elevation	160 m (520 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	3,797
• Density	320/km2 (830/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55450
Dialling codes	06704
Vehicle registration	KH
Website	[2]

Langenlonsheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the like-named Verbandsgemeinde, and is also its seat. Langenlonsheim is a state-recognized tourism community and a winegrowing village.

Langenlonsheim lies between the southern edge of the Hunsrück and the Nahe. Lying 7 km away is the district seat, Bad Kreuznach, while Bingen am Rhein lies just under 10 km away. On the municipality’s western outskirts, the Guldenbach flows by, while the Nahe flows by to the south. Langenlonsheim is well known for its good vineyards and wineries and its Qualitätsweine. Fertile loess soils and the region’s warm climate have been defining factors for the village.

Clockwise from the north, Langenlonsheim’s neighbours are the municipalities of Laubenheim, Grolsheim, Gensingen, Bretzenheim, Guldental, Windesheim, Waldlaubersheim and Dorsheim. Grolsheim and Gensingen both lie in the neighbouring Mainz-Bingen district, whereas all the others likewise lie within the Bad Kreuznach district. Langenlonsheim also comes to within a few metres of two other neighbours: the municipality of Rümmelsheim in the northwest and the town of Bad Kreuznach in the southeast.