Bernkastel-Kues is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district Bernkastel-Wittlich, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Bernkastel-Kues. The Verbandsgemeinde lies on both banks of the river Moselle, between Trier and Koblenz. The entire Verbandsgemeinde is 249 square kilometers large and has 27000 inhabitants.
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The Verbandsgemeinde Bernkastel-Kues consists of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):