Kirchdorf (; ) or church village is a historical type of settlements in Germany. In the period when dispersed settlements were common in German rural areas, some settlements had a church and a priest that serviced the rural area in its vicinity.
A number of places in Germany are named "Kirchdorf", also Chirihdorf (Old High German), Kirdorf, Kardorf, etc.
The church in a Kirchdorf is not a parish church; settlements with a parish church were called (parish village).
A related term is Pfarrmarkt, a market town with a parish church.