Kusel | |
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 View into the Old Town with the Town and Local History Museum | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Kusel within Kusel district  | |
  Kusel  Kusel | |
| Coordinates: 49°32′5″N 7°23′53″E / 49.53472°N 7.39806°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Kusel |
| Municipal assoc. | Kusel-Altenglan |
| Subdivisions | 3 Stadtteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Jochen Hartloff[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 14.37 km2 (5.55 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 239 m (784 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 6,470 |
| • Density | 450/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 66869 |
| Dialling codes | 06381 |
| Vehicle registration | KUS |
| Website | stadt.kusel.de |
Kusel (German: [ˈkuːzl̩]; written Cusel until 1865[3]) is a town in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the Kusel-Altenglan Verbandsgemeinde and is also the district seat.
The well-known operatic tenor Fritz Wunderlich was born in Kusel.
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Kusel, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ Wilhelm Volkert, Richard Bauer: "Handbuch der bayerischen Ämter, Gemeinden und Gerichte 1799-1980", München 1983; S. 504