Rhaunen

Rhaunen
Municipality
Coat of arms of Rhaunen
Coat of arms
Location of Rhaunen within Birkenfeld district
Rhaunen is located in Germany
Rhaunen
Rhaunen
Rhaunen is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhaunen
Rhaunen
Coordinates: 49°51′53″N 7°20′35″E / 49.86472°N 7.34306°E / 49.86472; 7.34306
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBirkenfeld
Municipal assoc.Herrstein-Rhaunen
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Manfred Klingel[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total10.75 km2 (4.15 sq mi)
Elevation
318 m (1,043 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total2,155
 • Density200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55624
Dialling codes06544
Vehicle registrationBIR
Websitewww.rhaunen.de
Old Town Hall in the village centre
View from the east with Altes Amtsgericht (court) and church
The Rhaunelbach runs through a concrete channel within the village

Rhaunen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was the seat of the former Verbandsgemeinde Rhaunen.

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Birkenfeld, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.