Sélestat

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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

• City council website (French)