Polch

Town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Polch within Mayen-Koblenz district

(2019–24) Gerd Klasen^[1]Area

• Total28.70 km² (11.08 sq mi)Elevation

219 m (719 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total6,976 • Density240/km² (630/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

56751

Dialling codes02654Vehicle registrationMYK, MYWebsitewww.polch.de

Polch (German pronunciation: [pɔlç] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") of Maifeld. It is situated east of Mayen.

Polch is twinned with the commune of Vineuil, located near Blois, Centre-Val de Loire, France

Local council (Stadtrat)

Elections were held in May 2014:^[3]

Election	SPD	CDU	The Left	FWG Free voters	Total
2014	7	11	1	3	22 seats
2009	9	10	–	3	22 seats
2004	6	14	–	2	22 seats

FWG = Freie Wählergruppe Polch e.V.

Saint George's church
Canola field near Polch

References

^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 5 August 2021.
^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
^ Der Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz: Kommunalwahl 2014, Stadt- und Gemeinderatswahlen