Rhaunen is a former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Birkenfeld, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde was in Rhaunen. On 1 January 2020 it was merged into the new Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen.
The Verbandsgemeinde Rhaunen consisted of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):
Asbach Bollenbach Bundenbach Gösenroth Hausen Hellertshausen Horbruch Hottenbach Krummenau Oberkirn Rhaunen Schauren Schwerbach Stipshausen Sulzbach Weitersbach