Irrel

Irrel
Coat of arms of Irrel
Location of Irrel within Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm district
Irrel is located in Germany
Irrel
Irrel
Irrel is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Irrel
Irrel
Coordinates: 49°50′50″N 06°27′22″E / 49.84722°N 6.45611°E / 49.84722; 6.45611
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictEifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm
Municipal assoc.Südeifel
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Herbert Theis[1]
Area
 • Total7.05 km2 (2.72 sq mi)
Elevation
170 m (560 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,705
 • Density240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
54666
Dialling codes06525
Vehicle registrationBIT
WebsiteIrrel at site www.suedeifelinfo.de

Irrel is a municipality in the district Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Eifel, near the border with Luxembourg, at the confluence of the rivers Prüm and Nims. It is located approximately 15 km south-west of Bitburg and 5 km north-east of Echternach.

Irrel was the seat of the former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Irrel. Since 1 July 2014 it is part of the Verbandsgemeinde Südeifel.[3]

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
  3. ^ "Die Verbandsgemeinde Südeifel" (in German). Verbandsgemeinde Südeifel. July 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2015.