Altenkirchen is a former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde was in Altenkirchen. On 1 January 2020 it was merged into the new Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld. It lies within the region of the Westerwald known as Kroppach Switzerland.
The Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen consisted of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):
Municipality Area (km²) Population (2024) Almersbach 0.61 398 Altenkirchen * 10.98 6,603 Bachenberg 1.67 101 Berod bei Hachenburg 5.05 614 Birnbach 3.11 683 Busenhausen 3.02 349 Eichelhardt 2.84 514 Ersfeld 1.40 70 Fiersbach 3.04 275 Fluterschen 3.37 651 Forstmehren 1.61 164 Gieleroth 5.92 689 Hasselbach 5.76 334 Helmenzen 4.15 921 Helmeroth 3.57 209 Hemmelzen 2.83 309 Heupelzen 2.58 249 Hilgenroth 2.96 294 Hirz-Maulsbach 6.14 304 Idelberg 1.13 61 Ingelbach 5.08 510 Isert 1.84 111 Kettenhausen 1.68 313 Kircheib 6.55 536 Kraam 2.73 165 Mammelzen 4.12 1,067 Mehren 3.67 488 Michelbach 4.42 549 Neitersen 5.64 1,086 Obererbach 3.63 553 Oberirsen 9.45 617 Oberwambach 3.99 438 Ölsen 2.26 74 Racksen 1.97 138 Rettersen 3.21 362 Schöneberg 3.20 439 Sörth 1.99 260 Stürzelbach 1.77 232 Volkerzen 1.98 82 Werkhausen 5.75 235 Weyerbusch 4.22 1,442 Wölmersen 2.63 379 VerbandsgemeindeAltenkirchen 153.52 22,860 (2018) * seat of the Verbandsgemeinde
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