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Altenkirchen
Altenkirchen
Verbandsgemeinde
	Coat of arms
	Location of Altenkirchen (Verbandsgemeinde) within Landkreis Altenkirchen district
	Altenkirchen Altenkirchen
	Coordinates: 50°41′22″N 7°38′57″E / 50.689318°N 7.649120°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Landkreis Altenkirchen
Disbanded	2020
Subdivisions	42 Gemeinden
Area
• Total	153.52 km2 (59.27 sq mi)
Population (2018-12-31)
• Total	22,860
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	AK
Website	www.vg-altenkirchen.de

Altenkirchen is a former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde was in Altenkirchen. On 1 January 2020 it was merged into the new Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld. It lies within the region of the Westerwald known as Kroppach Switzerland.

The Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen consisted of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):^[1]

Municipality	Area (km²)	Population
Almersbach	0.61	405
Altenkirchen *	10.98	6,256
Bachenberg	1.67	107
Berod bei Hachenburg	5.05	566
Birnbach	3.11	634
Busenhausen	3.02	332
Eichelhardt	2.84	493
Ersfeld	1.40	73
Fiersbach	3.04	254
Fluterschen	3.37	650
Forstmehren	1.61	158
Gieleroth	5.92	652
Hasselbach	5.76	320
Helmenzen	4.15	881
Helmeroth	3.57	184
Hemmelzen	2.83	256
Heupelzen	2.58	252
Hilgenroth	2.96	288
Hirz-Maulsbach	6.14	299
Idelberg	1.13	57
Ingelbach	5.08	528
Isert	1.84	123
Kettenhausen	1.68	276
Kircheib	6.55	522
Kraam	2.73	174
Mammelzen	4.12	1,068
Mehren	3.67	474
Michelbach	4.42	513
Neitersen	5.64	798
Obererbach	3.63	543
Oberirsen	9.45	610
Oberwambach	3.99	422
Ölsen	2.26	87
Racksen	1.97	151
Rettersen	3.21	365
Schöneberg	3.20	408
Sörth	1.99	241
Stürzelbach	1.77	237
Volkerzen	1.98	82
Werkhausen	5.75	234
Weyerbusch	4.22	1,380
Wölmersen	2.63	390
Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen	153.52	22,743