Bassenheim

Bassenheim
Coat of arms
Bassenheim
Location of Bassenheim within Mayen-Koblenz district
Coordinates: 50°21′35″N 07°27′42″E / 50.35972°N 7.46167°ECoordinates: 50°21′35″N 07°27′42″E / 50.35972°N 7.46167°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mayen-Koblenz
Municipal assoc.	Weißenthurm
Government
• Mayor	Hans-Jürgen Häfner (CDU)
Area
• Total	14.76 km^2 (5.70 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	2,943
• Density	200/km^2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56220
Dialling codes	02625
Vehicle registration	MYK
Website	www.bassenheim.de

Bassenheim is a municipality in the district Mayen-Koblenz, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Weißenthurm. It is situated 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) away from Koblenz. The city council consists of 20 people, 13 of them from the CDU and 7 from the SPD.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Bassenheim is twinned with:

• Pasym, Poland (originally a German town with a near-identical name, Passenheim)^[2]

References

1. "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2015" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
2. Bassenheim.de Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.