Betzdorf-Gebhardshain

Verbandsgemeinde in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Location of Betzdorf-Gebhardshain within Landkreis Altenkirchen district

(2016–24) Bernd Brato^[1] (SPD)Area

• Total73.51 km² (28.38 sq mi)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total26,458 • Density360/km² (930/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Vehicle registrationAKWebsitewww.vg-bg.de

Betzdorf-Gebhardshain is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Betzdorf. It was formed on 1 January 2017 by the merger of the former Verbandsgemeinden Betzdorf and Gebhardshain.

The Verbandsgemeinde Betzdorf-Gebhardshain consists of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):^[3]

Municipality	Area (km²)	Population
Alsdorf	5.93	1,467
Betzdorf *	9.57	10,082
Dickendorf	1.45	348
Elben	2.38	335
Elkenroth	8.15	1,788
Fensdorf	2.17	394
Gebhardshain	5.97	1,918
Grünebach	2.52	523
Kausen	3.61	784
Malberg	4.31	967
Molzhain	2.91	544
Nauroth	6.86	1,110
Rosenheim	4.10	760
Scheuerfeld	2.66	2,021
Steinebach/Sieg	4.55	1,240
Steineroth	2.53	578
Wallmenroth	3.84	1,164
Verbandsgemeinde Betzdorf-Gebhardshain	73.51	26,023

^* seat of the Verbandsgemeinde

References

^ Wahl der Bürgermeister der Verbandsgemeinden, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 10 August 2021.
^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
^ Statistisches Bundesamt – number of inhabitants in the municipalities on 31 December 2016.