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Altenkirchen | |
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Town | |
 Town square | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Altenkirchen within Altenkirchen district  | |
  Altenkirchen  Altenkirchen | |
| Coordinates: 50°41′14″N 07°38′44″E / 50.68722°N 7.64556°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Altenkirchen |
| Municipal assoc. | Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Matthias Gibhardt[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.00 km2 (4.25 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 6,564 |
| • Density | 600/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 57601–57610 |
| Dialling codes | 02681 |
| Vehicle registration | AK |
| Website | www |
Altenkirchen (German: [ˈaltn̩kɪʁçn̩] ⓘ) is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, capital of the district of Altenkirchen. It is located approximately 40 km east of Bonn and 50 km north of Koblenz. Altenkirchen is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld.
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Altenkirchen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.