Kappeln, Rhineland-Palatinate

Kappeln
Coat of arms of Kappeln
Location of Kappeln within Kusel district
Kappeln is located in Germany
Kappeln
Kappeln
Kappeln is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Kappeln
Kappeln
Coordinates: 49°40′33″N 7°34′16″E / 49.67583°N 7.57111°E / 49.67583; 7.57111
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictKusel
Municipal assoc.Lauterecken-Wolfstein
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Otfried Buß[1]
Area
 • Total7.67 km2 (2.96 sq mi)
Elevation
230 m (750 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total194
 • Density25/km2 (66/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
67744
Dialling codes06382
Vehicle registrationKUS
Websitewww.kappeln-pfalz.de

Kappeln is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein.

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