Sohren

Sohren
Coat of arms of Sohren
Location of Sohren within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
Sohren is located in Germany
Sohren
Sohren
Sohren is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Sohren
Sohren
Coordinates: 49°55′57″N 7°18′29″E / 49.93250°N 7.30806°E / 49.93250; 7.30806
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictRhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.Kirchberg
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Markus Bongard[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total9.42 km2 (3.64 sq mi)
Elevation
410 m (1,350 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total3,370
 • Density360/km2 (930/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55487
Dialling codes06543
Vehicle registrationSIM
Hunsrück countryside with Sohren in the middle, in the foreground: Niedersohren, in the background: Frankfurt-Hahn Airport

Sohren is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town. Sohren is a state-recognized tourism resort (Fremdenverkehrsort) and is set out in state planning as a lower centre.[3]

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
  3. ^ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz