Lauterecken

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Lauterecken is a town and 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 also the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Lauterecken, which consists of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):


Adenbach Buborn Cronenberg Deimberg Ginsweiler Glanbrücken Grumbach Hausweiler Heinzenhausen Herren-Sulzbach Hohenöllen Homberg Hoppstädten	Kappeln Kirrweiler Langweiler Lauterecken Lohnweiler Medard Merzweiler Nerzweiler Odenbach Offenbach-Hundheim Sankt Julian Unterjeckenbach Wiesweiler

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Population : 2,500
Location : Western Palatinate, near Kaiserslautern
Description :
- main town of 'Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken'
- because of its central position many stores can be found in Lauterecken
Transport : two main roads cross here, railway from Kaiserslautern