Hermersberg is a municipality in Südwestpfalz

Südwestpfalz

Südwestpfalz is a district in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Saarpfalz, the district-free city Zweibrücken, the districts Kaiserslautern and Bad Dürkheim, the district-free city Landau , Südliche Weinstraße, and the French département Bas-Rhin...

 district, in Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....

, western Germany

Germany

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. It is situated on the western edge of the Palatinate forest, approx. 15 km northeast of Pirmasens

Pirmasens

Pirmasens is a district-free city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France. It is famous for the manufacture of shoes. The surrounding rural district was called Pirmasens from 1818 until 1997, when it was renamed Südwestpfalz....

, on top of the Sickinger Höhe.

Inhabitants

69 % of the population in Hermersberg is Catholic

Catholic

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, 23 % are Protestants

Protestantism

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; the evolution of population can be proven since 1800. From Year 1970 the number of inhabitants is slowly decreasing.

Evolution of population (since 1800):

Year	1800	1815	1835	1871	1905	1925	1933	1939	1950	1961	1970	1980	1990	2000	2006
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