Mehlingen

Mehlingen
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Mehlingen within Kaiserslautern district
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Coordinates: 49°29′31″N 7°51′15″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Kaiserslautern
Municipal assoc.	Enkenbach-Alsenborn
Subdivisions	4
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Monika Rettig[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	21.92 km^2 (8.46 sq mi)
Elevation	289 m (948 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	3,903
• Density	180/km^2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	67678
Dialling codes	06303
Vehicle registration	KL
Website	www.mehlingen.de

Mehlingen is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.

It is located 5 km (3.1 mi) outside Kaiserslautern and has a population of just under 4,000.

The village is greatly influenced by the large number of Americans stationed in the area, often called the Kaiserslautern Military Community.

References

1. Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Kaiserslautern, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.