Ransbach-Baumbach (Verbandsgemeinde)

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The community association Ransbach -Baumbach is an administrative unit in the form of a local authority in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. The municipality includes the town Ransbach -Baumbach and ten independent local churches, the council is based in the eponymous city Ransbach -Baumbach.

The administrative area is located in the Kannenbäckerland between the Rhein-Westerwald Nature Park and Nassau.

Association members of communities

(Population at 31 December 2012)

Population Development

The development of the population based on the present territory of the municipality Ransbach -Baumbach; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Policy

Association of municipal

The association council Ransbach -Baumbach consists of 28 volunteer council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a personalized proportional representation, and the full-time mayor as chairman.

Distribution of seats in association council:

Mayor

On September 10, 2006 mayoral elections were held in the municipality Ransbach -Baumbach, as the current incumbent Gottfried Dahm resigned for reasons of age. As a new mayor was elected with 74 % vote share of the non-party Michael Merz.

Municipal partnership

The parish Rukoma in the community Mirenge in Rwanda since April 2005 partner region of the municipality Ransbach -Baumbach.