Mayen
Mayen () is a town in the Mayen-Koblenz District of the Rhineland-Palatinate Federal State of Germany, in the eastern part of the Volcanic Eifel Region. As well as the main town, additional settlements include Alzheim, Kürrenberg, Hausen-Betzing, Hausen and Nitztal. Mayen is the administrative centre of the Vordereifel ‘Collective Municipality’, although it is not part of the municipality.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Mayen COA.svg
- German location.image_photo
- Mayen-altes-rathaus.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Old city hall in September 2008
- German location.image_plan
- Mayen in MYK.png
- German location.state
- Rheinland-Pfalz
- German location.district
- Mayen-Koblenz
- German location.elevation
- 230
- German location.area
- 58.19
- German location.postal_code
- 56727
- German location.area_code
- 02651
- German location.licence
- MYK, MY
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Mayen () is a town in the Mayen-Koblenz District of the Rhineland-Palatinate Federal State of Germany, in the eastern part of the Volcanic Eifel Region. As well as the main town, additional settlements include Alzheim, Kürrenberg, Hausen-Betzing, Hausen and Nitztal. Mayen is the administrative centre of the Vordereifel ‘Collective Municipality’, although it is not part of the municipality.
==Geography== To the west, as well as to the north and south-west of Mayen, is the country landscape of the Eifel. To the east, the landscape flattens out, running towards the Koblenz-Neuwied Basin, which is divided into the northern section of the Pellenz and the southern section of the Maifeld. This area is geographically considered to be part of the Eifel. Mayen is often called ‘The Gateway to the Eifel’.
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