{{Infobox German location |type = Ortsgemeinde |image_photo = |image_coa = DEU Hermersberg COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|49|19|23|N|7|38|02|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Hermersberg in PS.svg |state = Rheinland-Pfalz |district = Südwestpfalz |Verbandsgemeinde = Waldfischbach-Burgalben |elevation = 408-427 |area = 13.02 |postal_code = 66919 |area_code = 06333 |licence = PS |Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 3 40 016 |website = [http://www.hermersberg.de/ www.hermersberg.de] |mayor = Erich Sommer<ref>[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/3400000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Südwestpfalz], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2019&ndash;24 |party = CDU }}

'''Hermersberg''' ({{langx|pfl|Hermerschberch}}) is a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany and belongs to the municipal association Waldfischbach-Burgalben. It is situated on the western edge of the Palatinate Forest, approx. 15&nbsp;km northeast of Pirmasens, on top of the Sickingen Heights, and biggest settlement on top.

==Inhabitants== 69% of the population in Hermersberg is Catholic, 23% are Protestants;<ref name="EWOISneu">EWOISneu : [http://213.139.154.35:8484/Statistik/user/anzeigen.php?ags=0734006016 Gemeindestatistik aus dem landeseinheitlichen System] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928212841/http://213.139.154.35:8484/Statistik/user/anzeigen.php?ags=0734006016 |date=2007-09-28 }}</ref> the evolution of population can be proven since 1800.<ref>Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte: [http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/pirmasens.html#ew39aheo Stadt und Landkreis Pirmasens]</ref> From Year 1970 the number of inhabitants is slowly decreasing.<ref name="StatLARLP">Stat. Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz: [http://www.infothek.statistik.rlp.de/lis/MeineRegion/gebieteInfoDetail.aspx?t=4&id=A&key=0734006016&kmaid=2520&zmaid=637&topic=2047&subject=20 Bevölkerungsentwicklung als Zeitreihe]</ref>

Evolution of population (since 1800):

{| class="wikitable" |- align="right" bgcolor="lightgrey" | align="left" bgcolor="lightgrey" | '''Year''' | 1800 | 1815 | 1835 | 1871 | 1905 | 1925 | 1933 | 1939 | 1950 | 1961 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 |- align="right" | align="left" bgcolor="lightgrey" | '''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 | 1.726 | 1.733 |}

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