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Best places to live in Greater Kiel

94 municipalities with 430,914 residents within about 25 km of Kiel, ranked for 29 household profiles. Local data: official statistics on affordability, demographics, education and family, health and elderly, jobs and economy, mobility and connectivity, safety and community and taxes and wealth (local or regional figures, sources on every place page) plus population and geography.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Kiel, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1Schwentinental
    Plön, 14,032 residents    52
  2. 2Preetz
    Plön, 16,186 residents    51
  3. 3Altenholz
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 9,927 residents    50
  4. 4Schönkirchen
    Plön, 6,899 residents    50
  5. 5Mönkeberg
    Plön, 4,093 residents    50
  6. 6Heikendorf
    Plön, 8,698 residents    49
  7. 7Kronshagen
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 11,854 residents    49
  8. 8Gettorf
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 7,737 residents    48
  9. 9Laboe
    Plön, 5,572 residents    48
  10. 10Flintbek
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 7,574 residents    48

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For retired couples

  1. 1Schwentinental
    Plön, 14,032 residents    67
  2. 2Preetz
    Plön, 16,186 residents    67
  3. 3Schönkirchen
    Plön, 6,899 residents    64
  4. 4Mönkeberg
    Plön, 4,093 residents    64
  5. 5Kronshagen
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 11,854 residents    63
  6. 6Altenholz
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 9,927 residents    62
  7. 7Heikendorf
    Plön, 8,698 residents    61
  8. 8Molfsee
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 5,003 residents    57
  9. 9Flintbek
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 7,574 residents    57
  10. 10Kiel
    Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt, 248,873 residents    57

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For remote workers

  1. 1Preetz
    Plön, 16,186 residents    60
  2. 2Schwentinental
    Plön, 14,032 residents    60
  3. 3Gettorf
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 7,737 residents    58
  4. 4Bordesholm
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 7,867 residents    58
  5. 5Kronshagen
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 11,854 residents    57
  6. 6Flintbek
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 7,574 residents    56
  7. 7Schönkirchen
    Plön, 6,899 residents    55
  8. 8Altenholz
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 9,927 residents    55
  9. 9Heikendorf
    Plön, 8,698 residents    54
  10. 10Laboe
    Plön, 5,572 residents    52

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For commuters

  1. 1Kiel
    Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt, 248,873 residents    73
  2. 2Kronshagen
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 11,854 residents    72
  3. 3Molfsee
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 5,003 residents    69
  4. 4Gettorf
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 7,737 residents    67
  5. 5Altenholz
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 9,927 residents    66
  6. 6Flintbek
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 7,574 residents    65
  7. 7Mönkeberg
    Plön, 4,093 residents    65
  8. 8Schwentinental
    Plön, 14,032 residents    64
  9. 9Bordesholm
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 7,867 residents    64
  10. 10Laboe
    Plön, 5,572 residents    63

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For single professionals

  1. 1Kiel
    Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt, 248,873 residents    66
  2. 2Kronshagen
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 11,854 residents    53
  3. 3Altenholz
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 9,927 residents    51
  4. 4Schwentinental
    Plön, 14,032 residents    47
  5. 5Heikendorf
    Plön, 8,698 residents    45
  6. 6Schönkirchen
    Plön, 6,899 residents    44
  7. 7Gettorf
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 7,737 residents    39
  8. 8Flintbek
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 7,574 residents    39
  9. 9Bordesholm
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 7,867 residents    38
  10. 10Preetz
    Plön, 16,186 residents    36

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Gettorf
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 7,737 residents    38
  2. 2Bordesholm
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 7,867 residents    38
  3. 3Kronshagen
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 11,854 residents    37
  4. 4Molfsee
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 5,003 residents    37
  5. 5Schwentinental
    Plön, 14,032 residents    35
  6. 6Preetz
    Plön, 16,186 residents    35
  7. 7Wattenbek
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 2,987 residents    34
  8. 8Flintbek
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 7,574 residents    34
  9. 9Altenholz
    Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 9,927 residents    33
  10. 10Schönkirchen
    Plön, 6,899 residents    32

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Towns in Greater Kiel