Kerpen, Rhineland-Palatinate

Kerpen
Coat of arms of Kerpen
Location of Kerpen within Vulkaneifel district
Kerpen is located in Germany
Kerpen
Kerpen
Kerpen is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Kerpen
Kerpen
Coordinates: 50°18′45″N 6°43′54″E / 50.31250°N 6.73167°E / 50.31250; 6.73167
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictVulkaneifel
Municipal assoc.Gerolstein
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Leonhard Emondts[1]
Area
 • Total
8.22 km2 (3.17 sq mi)
Elevation
450 m (1,480 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
442
 • Density54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
54578
Dialling codes06593
Vehicle registrationDAU
Websitewww.kerpen-eifel.de

Kerpen (Eifel) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Gerolstein, whose seat is in the like-named town.

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Vulkaneifel, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.