Rutsweiler an der Lauter

Rutsweiler an der Lauter
Coat of arms of Rutsweiler an der Lauter
Location of Rutsweiler an der Lauter within Kusel district
Rutsweiler an der Lauter is located in Germany
Rutsweiler an der Lauter
Rutsweiler an der Lauter
Rutsweiler an der Lauter is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Rutsweiler an der Lauter
Rutsweiler an der Lauter
Coordinates: 49°34′01″N 7°37′15″E / 49.56694°N 7.62083°E / 49.56694; 7.62083
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictKusel
Municipal assoc.Lauterecken-Wolfstein
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Dirk Landfried[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total4.32 km2 (1.67 sq mi)
Highest elevation
568 m (1,864 ft)
Lowest elevation
196 m (643 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total368
 • Density85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
67752
Dialling codes06304
Vehicle registrationKUS
Aerial view

Rutsweiler an der Lauter 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 Lauterecken-Wolfstein. Rutsweiler an der Lauter is one of two places in the Kusel district named Rutsweiler. The other is Rutsweiler am Glan, lying some 13 km to the west-southwest.

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