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{{Infobox German location
|type               = Ortsgemeinde
|image_photo       = 
|image_coa            = DEU Hermersberg COA.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|49|19|23|N|7|38|02|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|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           = [http://www.hermersberg.de/ www.hermersberg.de]
|mayor             = Erich Sommer<ref>[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/3400000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Südwestpfalz], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2019&ndash;24
|party             = CDU
}}

'''Hermersberg''' ({{langx|pfl|Hermerschberch}}) is a [[Municipalities of Germany|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&nbsp;km northeast of [[Pirmasens]], on top of the [[Sickingen Heights]], and biggest settlement on top.

==Inhabitants==
69% of the population in Hermersberg is [[Catholic]], 23% are [[Protestantism|Protestants]];<ref name="EWOISneu">EWOISneu : [http://213.139.154.35:8484/Statistik/user/anzeigen.php?ags=0734006016 Gemeindestatistik aus dem landeseinheitlichen System] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928212841/http://213.139.154.35:8484/Statistik/user/anzeigen.php?ags=0734006016 |date=2007-09-28 }}</ref> the evolution of population can be proven since 1800.<ref>Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte: [http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/pirmasens.html#ew39aheo Stadt und Landkreis Pirmasens]</ref> From Year 1970 the number of inhabitants is slowly decreasing.<ref name="StatLARLP">Stat. Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz: [http://www.infothek.statistik.rlp.de/lis/MeineRegion/gebieteInfoDetail.aspx?t=4&id=A&key=0734006016&kmaid=2520&zmaid=637&topic=2047&subject=20 Bevölkerungsentwicklung als Zeitreihe]</ref>

Evolution of population (since 1800):

{| class="wikitable"  
|- align="right" bgcolor="lightgrey"
| align="left" bgcolor="lightgrey" | '''Year'''
| 1800
| 1815
| 1835
| 1871
| 1905
| 1925
| 1933
| 1939
| 1950
| 1961
| 1970
| 1980
| 1990
| 2000
| 2006
| 2008
| 2010
|- align="right"
| align="left" bgcolor="lightgrey" | '''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
|}

==References==
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{{Cities and towns in Südwestpfalz (district)}}

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[[Category:Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate]]
[[Category:Palatinate Forest]]
[[Category:Südwestpfalz]]


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