Type: | Ortsgemeinde |
Image Coa: | DEU Hermersberg COA.svg |
Coordinates: | 49.3231°N 7.6339°W |
Image Plan: | Hermersberg in PS.svg |
State: | Rheinland-Pfalz |
District: | Südwestpfalz |
Verbandsgemeinde: | Waldfischbach-Burgalben |
Elevation: | 408-427 |
Area: | 13.02 |
Postal Code: | 66919 |
Area Code: | 06333 |
Licence: | PS |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 07 3 40 016 |
Website: | www.hermersberg.de |
Mayor: | Erich Sommer[1] |
Leader Term: | 2019 - 24 |
Party: | CDU |
Hermersberg (Hermerschberch) is a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany and belongs to the municipal association Waldfischbach-Burgalben. It is situated on the western edge of the Palatinate Forest, approx. 15 km northeast of Pirmasens, on top of the Sickingen Heights, and biggest settlement on top.
69% of the population in Hermersberg is Catholic, 23% are Protestants;[2] the evolution of population can be proven since 1800.[3] From Year 1970 the number of inhabitants is slowly decreasing.[4]
Evolution of population (since 1800):
Year | 1800 | 1815 | 1835 | 1871 | 1905 | 1925 | 1933 | 1939 | 1950 | 1961 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | |
Population | 239 | 435 | 611 | 794 | 1.096 | 1.211 | 1.343 | 1.459 | 1.556 | 1.755 | 1.932 | 1.877 | 1.830 | 1.813 | 1.740 | 1.726 | 1.733 |