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Pirmasens

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Pirmasens (; (also Bermesens or Bärmasens)) is an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France. It was famous for the manufacture of shoes. The surrounding rural district was called Landkreis Pirmasens from 1818 until 1997, when it was renamed to Südwestpfalz.

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Pirmasens is an independent town in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, located near the French border, that became historically significant as a major center for shoe manufacturing. The town was important enough that the rural district surrounding it was named after it from 1818 until 1997, when the district was renamed Südwestpfalz.

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Key facts

German location.type
Stadt
German location.image_photo
Pirmasens, Altes Rathaus 2.jpg
German location.image_caption
Old town hall
German location.image_coa
Wappen Pirmasens.svg
German location.image_flag
Flag of Pirmasens.svg
German location.state
Rheinland-Pfalz
German location.district
Kreisfreie Stadt
German location.elevation
380
German location.area
61.36
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
07317000
German location.postal_code
66953–66955
German location.area_code
06331
German location.licence
PS
German location.website
www.pirmasens.de
German location.mayor
Markus Christian Zwick
German location.leader_term
2018–26
German location.Bürgermeistertitel
Oberbürgermeister
German location.party
CDU

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
district capital
Named after
Saint Pirmin
Country
Germany
Population
40941
Area
61.36
Elevation
387
Capital of
Südwestpfalz
Shares border with
Südwestpfalz
Official website
www.pirmasens.de
Image
Pirmasens, Altes Rathaus 2.jpg
Dialing code
06331
Licence plate code
PS
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male population
19780
category for people born here
Category:Births in Pirmasens
twinned administrative body
Poissy
Commons category
Pirmasens
postal code
66955
Commons gallery
Pirmasens
topic's main category
Category:Pirmasens
category of associated people
Category:People from Pirmasens
hashtag
Pirmasens
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Encyclopedic overview

21 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Early years
  • 20th century
  • Main sights
  • Incorporations
  • Politics
  • Twin towns – sister cities
  • Culture
  • Events
  • Music
  • Theatre
  • Sport
  • Companies
  • Education
  • Transport
  • Notable people
  • Military
  • Gallery
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Pirmasens (; (also Bermesens or Bärmasens)) is an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France. It was famous for the manufacture of shoes. The surrounding rural district was called Landkreis Pirmasens from 1818 until 1997, when it was renamed to Südwestpfalz.

== History == === Early years === thumb|Map of Pirmasens (around 1750)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pirmasens” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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