Kerpen, Rhineland-Palatinate

Kerpen
Location of Kerpen within Vulkaneifel district

Location of Kerpen
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
Area
 • Total
8.24 km2 (3.18 sq mi)
Elevation
450 m (1,480 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)
 • Total
469
 • Density56.9/km2 (147/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) (German pronunciation: [ˈkɛʁpn̩] ) 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.