Geudertheim
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Geudertheim
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The church in Geudertheim | |
Coordinates:48°43′26″N7°45′19″E/ 48.7239°N 7.7553°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Bas-Rhin |
Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg |
Canton | Brumath |
Government | |
• Mayor(2020–2026) | Pierre Gross[1] |
Area 1 | 11.27 km2(4.35 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 2,675 |
• Density | 240/km2(610/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00(CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00(CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 67156/67170 |
Elevation | 133–188 m (436–617 ft) |
1French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2(0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Geudertheimis acommunein theBas-RhindepartmentinGrand Estin north-easternFrance.[3]
Geography
[edit]Geudertheim is a village in theBasse Zorndistrict, in the heart of the AlsaceAsparagusCountry, positioned halfway betweenHaguenauandStrasbourg.TheRhineand theGerman frontierare 15 kilometres (9 mi) to the east. Neighbouring villages areHœrdtto the south,Bietlenheimto the east,Brumathto the west andWeitbruchto the north.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,450 | — |
1975 | 1,600 | +1.42% |
1982 | 1,755 | +1.33% |
1990 | 2,010 | +1.71% |
1999 | 2,243 | +1.23% |
2007 | 2,287 | +0.24% |
2012 | 2,310 | +0.20% |
2017 | 2,530 | +1.84% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Notable people
[edit]- GeneralGeorges Picquart,who played a key role in theDreyfus Affair,spent his early childhood in Geudertheim. On 13 July 2006, almost a century after the exoneration ofDreyfus,the Place de la Mairie was renamed Place General Picquart in his honour.
- Balthazar Alexis Henri Schauenburg,(also spelled Schauenbourg), (born inHellimeron 31 July 1748) died in Geudertheim on 1 September 1831) was a French general who served in the wars of theFrench Revolutionand theEmpire.
Landmarks
[edit]- The Protestant church dates from 1842: the church tower is from the twelfth century, however.
- The Roman Catholic Church dates from 1900. Attached to it is the fifteenth-century funerary chapel of the Schauenbourg family along with a fifteenth-century tabernacle considered one of the most beautiful in Alsace.
- Castle Schauenbourg.
- Amillon the riverZorn.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Répertoire national des élus: les maires".data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises(in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^"Populations légales 2021"(in French).The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies.28 December 2023.
- ^INSEE commune file
- ^Population en historique depuis 1968,INSEE
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