Langensoultzbach

Langensoultzbach
Làngesulzbàch
Commune

Coat of arms
Langensoultzbach
Location within Grand Est region
Langensoultzbach
Coordinates: 48°58′05″N 7°44′08″E / 48.9681°N 7.7356°E / 48.9681; 7.7356Coordinates: 48°58′05″N 7°44′08″E / 48.9681°N 7.7356°E / 48.9681; 7.7356
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton Reichshoffen
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jacques Lobstein
Area1 13.09 km2 (5.05 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 991
 • Density 76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 67259 /67360
Elevation 177–411 m (581–1,348 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.

Langensoultzbach (German: Langensulzbach) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

The commune is part of the Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve.

Geography

The village is some twenty kilometres (twelve miles) to the south-west of Wissembourg and the closest crossings of the Franco-German frontier reachable on a classified road. Slightly more direct and shorter routes to Germany may be available to hikers.

The village is a couple of kilometres from departmental road RD 27, which runs between the villages of Lembach and Wœrth, beyond which it continues to Haguenau. The heart of the village is set in farmland, although most of the surrounding countryside is still made up of woodland.

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