Kusel

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Kusel
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Kusel
Kusel (Germany)
Kusel
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Kusel
Municipal assoc. Kusel
Town subdivisions 3 Stadtteile
Mayor Jochen Hartloff (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 14.37 km² (5.5 sq mi)
Elevation 239 m  (784 ft)
Population 5,044  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 351 /km² (909 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate KUS
Postal code 66869
Area code 06381
Website www.kusel.de

Coordinates: 49°32′5″N 7°23′53″E / 49.53472, 7.39806

Kusel is a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, capital of the district of Kusel. It is situated approx. 30 km north-west of Kaiserslautern.

Kusel is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Kusel.