Lauterecken

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Lauterecken
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Lauterecken
Lauterecken (Germany)
Lauterecken
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Kusel
Municipal assoc. Lauterecken
Mayor Heinrich Steinhauer
Basic statistics
Area 8.91 km² (3.4 sq mi)
Elevation 169 m  (554 ft)
Population 2,223  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 249 /km² (646 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate KUS
Postal code 67742
Area code 06382
Website www.lauterecken.de

Coordinates: 49°38′58″N 7°35′31″E / 49.64944, 7.59194

Lauterecken is a municipality in the district of Kusel, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the rivers Glan and Lauter, approx. 20 km north-east of Kusel, and 25 km north-west of Kaiserslautern.

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

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