Boos is a municipality in the county of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Boos | |
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_COA.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Boos within Mayen-Koblenz district  | |
  Boos  Boos | |
| 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 |
Geography
editThe 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.
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