Bischwiller

Bischwiller
Bìschweiler
Commune
La Laub, former town hall, now a museum

Coat of arms
Bischwiller
Location within Grand Est region
Bischwiller
Coordinates: 48°46′00″N 7°51′27″E / 48.7667°N 7.857500°E / 48.7667; 7.857500Coordinates: 48°46′00″N 7°51′27″E / 48.7667°N 7.857500°E / 48.7667; 7.857500
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton Bischwiller
Government
 • Mayor (2008–14) Nicole Thomas
Area1 17.25 km2 (6.66 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 12,949
 • Density 750/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bischwiller (German: Bischweiler; Alsatian: Bìschwiller) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France just west of the Moder River.[lower-alpha 1]

Geography


The city is 7.8 kilometers (4.8 mi) southeast of Haguenau, 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) west-northwest from the German border and the Rhine River (Rhin), and lies 22 kilometers (14 mi) north-northeast of Strasbourg.

The Moder river, a Rhine tributary, flows across the town. Among the other streams which cross the area can be cited the following tributaries of the Morder: the Rothbaechel, the Erlengraben and the Waschgraben. The last one is formed by the confluence of two smaller streams named Weihergraben and Schnuchgraben.

Population

Due to its large Turkish minority, Bischwiller is often dubbed "Turkwiller".[2]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
17933,250—    
18003,449+6.1%
18063,902+13.1%
18214,806+23.2%
18315,927+23.3%
18365,854−1.2%
18415,721−2.3%
18466,260+9.4%
18516,642+6.1%
18567,676+15.6%
18618,780+14.4%
18669,911+12.9%
186911,500+16.0%
18719,220−19.8%
18757,102−23.0%
18806,827−3.9%
18856,815−0.2%
18907,014+2.9%
18957,304+4.1%
19007,897+8.1%
19058,279+4.8%
19108,149−1.6%
19217,210−11.5%
19268,142+12.9%
19318,059−1.0%
19368,248+2.3%
19467,581−8.1%
19547,843+3.5%
19628,198+4.5%
19688,780+7.1%
19759,653+9.9%
198210,612+9.9%
199010,969+3.4%
199911,596+5.7%
200612,830+10.6%
200912,646−1.4%

Culture

Personalities

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Also spelt Bishweiller in some older sources.[1]
  1. ↑ Rapp 1823, pp. 365–366.
  2. ↑ Le Point. "Alsace le ghetto turc". Retrieved 2014-12-14.
  3. ↑ Forek, Scott (September 9, 2007). "Christian Gutnecht-Goodnight: 'The dark and bloody ground'". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
  4. ↑ Neue Zürcher Zeitung 24 juillet 2008, Die Zeit of the same day, and Zeitmagazin Leben 24.7.2008, N.31, p.14-15 (the article in the Zeitmagazin contains a complete genealogy of Barack Obama)
  5. ↑ "Obama's forefathers include Swiss immigrant: archivist". Agence France-Presse. September 24, 2008.
  6. ↑ Harneis, Robert (January 20, 2009). "Goodnight Mr. President". French News. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2009.

References

  • INSEE commune file
  • Rapp, comte Jean (1823), Memoirs of General Count Rapp: First Aide-de-camp to Napoleon, H. Colburn and Company
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