Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis

Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
CapitalLudwigshafen
Government
  District admin.Clemens Körner (CDU)
Area
  Total
304.88 km2 (117.71 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2023)
  Total
156,346
  Density510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationRP
Websiterhein-pfalz-kreis.de

The Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis (German: [ʁaɪnˈpfaltsˌkʁaɪs]) is a district (Kreis) in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) the district-free city Worms, the district Bergstraße, district-free Mannheim, Frankenthal and Ludwigshafen, Rhein-Neckar, district-free Speyer, the districts Karlsruhe, Germersheim, Südliche Weinstraße and Bad Dürkheim.