Kusel (district)

Kusel
Flag of Kusel
Coat of arms of Kusel
Map
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
CapitalKusel
Government
 • District admin.Otto Rubly (CDU)
Area
 • Total
573.42 km2 (221.40 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022)[1]
 • Total
71,462
 • Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationKUS
Websitelandkreis-kusel.de

Kusel (German pronunciation: [ˈkuːzl̩]) is a district (Kreis) in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north-west clockwise) Birkenfeld, Bad Kreuznach, Donnersbergkreis, Kaiserslautern, Saarpfalz and Sankt Wendel (the last two belonging to the state of Saarland).

  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.