Boos, Mayen-Koblenz
Boos | |
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Coordinates: 50°18′47″N 7°1′10″E / 50.31306°N 7.01944°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Mayen-Koblenz |
Municipal assoc. | Vordereifel |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Ulrich Faßbender[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 10.38 km2 (4.01 sq mi) |
Elevation | 470 m (1,540 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 621 |
• Density | 60/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 56729 |
Dialling codes | 02656 |
Vehicle registration | MYK |
Website | www.boos-eifel.de |
Boos is a municipality in the county of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Geography
[edit]The parish lies in the East Eifel, a mountain region characterised by volcanic maars and covers an area of 10.38 km², of which 5.02 km² are forest. In 2000, a nature reserve was established, the Booser Maar, with an area of 1.52 km².
Boos is the westernmost municipality of the county of Mayen-Koblenz and lies in the Volcanic Eifel, around five kilometres southeast of the Nürburgring racetrack. Northwest of the village is the Eifel Tower, erected in 2003, on the 557-metre-high hill of Schneeberg with views over the local area including the Booser Doppelmaar, a double maar.
References
[edit]- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.