Kandel

Kandel
Town centre
Kandel
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Germersheim
Municipal assoc. Kandel
Town subdivisions 3
Mayor Günther Tielebörger (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 26.64 km2 (10.29 sq mi)
Elevation 123 m  (404 ft)
Population 8,427 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 316 /km2 (819 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate GER
Postal code 76870
Area code 07275
Website www.kandel.de

Kandel is a town in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated near the border with France, approx. 18 km north-west of Karlsruhe, and 15 km south-east of Landau.

Kandel is twinned with the small Lancashire town of Whitworth

Kandel is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Kandel.

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