Irrel

Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Irrel within Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm district

(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 codes06525Vehicle registrationBITWebsiteIrrel 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]

Sights

Devil's Gorge

References

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