Bischwiller
Bìschweiler | |
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Coordinates: 48°46′00″N 7°51′27″E / 48.7667°N 7.857500°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Bas-Rhin |
Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg |
Canton | Bischwiller |
Intercommunality | CA Haguenau |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Lucien Netzer[1] |
Area 1 | 17.25 km2 (6.66 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 12,435 |
• Density | 720/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 67046 /67240 |
Elevation | 123–147 m (404–482 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Bischwiller (French pronunciation: [biʃvilɛʁ] ; German: Bischweiler; Alsatian: Bíschwiller)[a] is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France,[4] just west of the river Moder.
The city is 7.8 kilometers (4.8 mi) southeast of Haguenau, 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) west-northwest of the German border and the Rhine (Rhin), and lies 22 kilometers (14 mi) north-northeast of Strasbourg.
The Moder, a Rhine tributary, flows across the town. Among the other streams which cross the area can be cited the following tributaries of the Moder: the Rothbaechel, the Erlengraben and the Waschgraben. The last one is formed by the confluence of two smaller streams named Weihergraben and Schnuchgraben.
Due to its large Turkish minority, Bischwiller has been pejoratively dubbed "Turcwiller" or "Bischtanbul".[5]
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Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968-2017)[7] |