Boos, Mayen-Koblenz

Boos
Coat of arms of Boos
Location of Boos within Mayen-Koblenz district
Boos is located in Germany
Boos
Boos
Boos is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Boos
Boos
Coordinates: 50°18′47″N 7°1′10″E / 50.31306°N 7.01944°E / 50.31306; 7.01944
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictMayen-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
 • Density60/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56729
Dialling codes02656
Vehicle registrationMYK
Websitewww.boos-eifel.de

Boos is a municipality in the county of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.

Geography

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

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 5 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.