Map of Pirmasens, Germany

Pirmasens is a city in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, with a population of about 43,582. It lies at 49.2015°N, 7.6053°E. Pirmasens is about 550 km (342 mi) southwest of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Zweibrücken, 18 km to the west.

Pirmasens at a glance

Where is Pirmasens?

• The 11th largest city in Rheinland-Pfalz on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 12 min on the shortest day to 16 h 14 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Pirmasens

• Zweibrücken — 18 km west
• Homburg — 24 km northwest
• Kaiserslautern — 29 km northeast
• Neunkirchen — 35 km northwest
• Sankt Ingbert — 36 km west
• Landau in der Pfalz — 37 km east
• Neustadt an der Weinstraße — 42 km northeast
• Saarbrücken — 43 km west
• Haguenau — 45 km south, France
• Völklingen — 54 km west

Largest cities in Rheinland-Pfalz

• Mainz — 222,889
• Ludwigshafen am Rhein — 163,196
• Koblenz — 107,319
• Altstadt — 100,129
• Kaiserslautern — 98,732
• Worms — 81,099
• Neuwied — 66,805
• Neustadt an der Weinstraße — 53,984
• Speyer — 50,343
• Frankenthal — 47,438

Largest cities in Germany

• Berlin — 3,426,354
• Hamburg — 1,973,896
• Munich — 1,505,005
• Cologne — 1,024,621
• Frankfurt am Main — 650,000
• Düsseldorf — 618,685
• Stuttgart — 612,663
• Essen — 593,085
• Dortmund — 588,462
• Dresden — 564,904

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.