Potassium vanadium phosphate, M(r) = 201.01, orthorhombic, Pn2(1)a, a = 12.7640 (8), b = 10.5153 (9), c = 6.3648 (4) angstrom, V = 854.3 (2) angstrom 3, Z = 8, D(x) = 3.13 Mg m-3, lambda/D(Mo K-alpha) = 0.71073 angstrom, mu = 2.94 mm-1, F(000) = 776, T = 294 K, R = 0.028, wR = 0.033 for 1321 independent reflections with I > 3-sigma-(I). The title compound is isostructural with KTiPO5 described by Masse [Thesis (1974), Univ. of Grenoble, France]. Its mixed framework is built up from corner-sharing VO6 octahedra and PO4 tetrahedra delimiting tunnels where potassium cations are located. A new description of the structure is proposed. The host lattice VPO5 is built from infinite chains of octahedra [VO3]infinity, belonging to the hexagonal tungsten bronze structure, running along [011] and [011BAR]. Connection between the octahedral chains is ensured by single PO4 tetrahedra.