Gerach, Rhineland-Palatinate

Gerach
Coat of arms of Gerach
Location of Gerach within Birkenfeld district
Gerach is located in Germany
Gerach
Gerach
Gerach is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Gerach
Gerach
Coordinates: 49°45′15″N 7°20′27″E / 49.75417°N 7.34083°E / 49.75417; 7.34083
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBirkenfeld
Municipal assoc.Herrstein-Rhaunen
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Thomas Juchem[1]
Area
 • Total2.29 km2 (0.88 sq mi)
Elevation
391 m (1,283 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total225
 • Density98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55743
Dialling codes06785
Vehicle registrationBIR

Gerach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen, whose seat is in Herrstein.

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Birkenfeld, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.