Lochum
Lochum | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Lochum
within Westerwaldkreis district
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Location of Lochum | |
  Lochum Location within Germany  Lochum Location within Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Coordinates: 50°36′38″N 7°51′35″E / 50.61056°N 7.85972°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Hachenburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Frank Petmecky[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.65 km2 (1.80 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 467 m (1,532 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 312 |
| • Density | 67.1/km2 (174/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 57629 |
| Dialling codes | 02666 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.hachenburg-vg.de/08_gemeinden/lochum |
Lochum is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
The village is located in the northeast of Koblenz on the Westerwald Lake Plateau. The residential community of Lochum belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its administrative center is the homonym town.
History
In 1048, Lochum had its first documentary mention.
Politics
The municipal 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 13 June 2004.
Economy and infrastructure
The local bus lines 430, 431 and 433 serve Lochum, it is located in the area of the transport association Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM). The community lies between Bundesstraßen 255, linking Koblenz and Hachenburg, and 414, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. Bundesautobahn 3 with its Montabaur interchange (AS 40) lies 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
References
- ↑ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2024 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz.
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