Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis

Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
Flag of Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
Coat of arms of Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
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CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
CapitalLudwigshafen
Government
 • District admin.Clemens Körner (CDU)
Area
 • Total
304.88 km2 (117.71 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022)[1]
 • Total
155,921
 • Density510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationRP
Websiterhein-pfalz-kreis.de

The Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis is a district (Kreis) in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) the district-free city Worms, the district Bergstraße, district-free Mannheim, Frankenthal and Ludwigshafen, Rhein-Neckar, district-free Speyer, the districts Karlsruhe, Germersheim, Südliche Weinstraße and Bad Dürkheim.

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