Sélestat
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Commune of Sélestat Saint-Georges Church in Sélestat |
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| Location | |
| Longitude | 07° 27' 18" E |
| Latitude | 48° 15' 37" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace |
| Department | Bas-Rhin (sous-préfecture) |
| Arrondissement | Sélestat-Erstein |
| Canton | Sélestat (chief town) |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de Sélestat |
| Mayor | Marcel Bauer (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 165–184 (avg. 173 m) |
| Land area¹ | 44.45 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
17,179 |
| - Density (1999) | 386.48/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67462/ 67600 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Sélestat (German: Schlettstadt) is a commune of northeastern France, in the Bas-Rhin département, of which it is a sous-préfecture. Population (1999): 17,179.
[edit] Geography
Sélestat is located in central Alsace, 22 km north of Colmar and 47 km south of Strasbourg, on the left bank of the Ill River.
Sélestat is near the Alsace wine route, and other notable sites such as the Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg.
[edit] Twin towns
- Charleroi, Belgium (since 1959)
- Dornbirn, Austria (since 2006)
- Grenchen, Switzerland
- Waldkirch, Germany (since 1966)
[edit] External link
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