Neuwied

Neuwied
Neuwied
Coordinates	50°25′43″N 7°27′41″E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Neuwied
Town subdivisions	13 Stadtteile
Lord Mayor	Nikolaus Roth (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	86.50 km2 (33.40 sq mi)
Elevation	60 m  (197 ft)
Population	65,750  (31 December 2006)
- Density	760 /km2 (1,969 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	NR
Postal codes	56501–56567
Area codes	02631 und 02622
Website	www.neuwied.de

Neuwied is a German town in Rhineland-Palatinate. It is on the north/west side of the Rhine River, about 10 km (6.2 mi) northwest from Koblenz. About 70.000 people live there.

Geography

The 86,5 square kilometres of area are divided in the districts of:

• Altwied
• Block
• Engerns
• Feldkirchen
• Gladbach
• Heimbach-Weis
• Irlich
• Niederbieber
• Oberbieber
• Rodenbach
• Segendorf
• Torney

Infrastructure

Neuwied is connected to the German network of Bundesstraßen (national routes) (here: B9, B42 and B256). The Autobahnen (motorways) A3, A48 and A61 are quickly reachable from Neuwied. Using the Koblenz main station, all rhine railways and the Intercity network of Germany are available.

Industry

There is a lot of industry in Neuwied, for example the production of building materials, metals and big-sized machines.