Altenkirchen, Kusel

Altenkirchen
Coat of arms of Altenkirchen
Location of Altenkirchen within Kusel district
Altenkirchen is located in Germany
Altenkirchen
Altenkirchen
Altenkirchen is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Altenkirchen
Altenkirchen
Coordinates: 49°26′32″N 7°19′13″E / 49.44222°N 7.32028°E / 49.44222; 7.32028
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictKusel
Municipal assoc.Oberes Glantal
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Manfred Geis[1]
Area
 • Total6.44 km2 (2.49 sq mi)
Elevation
297 m (974 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,287
 • Density200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
66903
Dialling codes06386
Vehicle registrationKUS
WebsiteAltenkirchen (Pfalz)

Altenkirchen (German pronunciation: [ˌaltn̩ˈkɪʁçn̩] ) 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 of Oberes Glantal, whose seat is in Schönenberg-Kübelberg.

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Kusel, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.