Kusel

Kusel
View into the Old Town with the Town and Local History Museum
Location of Kusel within Kusel district

Location of Kusel
Kusel
Kusel
Coordinates: 49°32′5″N 7°23′53″E / 49.53472°N 7.39806°E / 49.53472; 7.39806
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictKusel
Municipal assoc.Kusel-Altenglan
Subdivisions3 Stadtteile
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Jochen Hartloff (SPD)
Area
 • Total
14.37 km2 (5.55 sq mi)
Elevation
239 m (784 ft)
Population
 (2024-12-31)
 • Total
6,057
 • Density421.5/km2 (1,092/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
66869
Dialling codes06381
Vehicle registrationKUS
Websitestadt.kusel.de

Kusel (German pronunciation: [ˈkuːzl̩] ; written Cusel until 1865) is a town in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the Kusel-Altenglan Verbandsgemeinde and is also the district seat.

The well-known operatic tenor Fritz Wunderlich was born in Kusel.