Sélestat

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Commune of Sélestat

Saint-Georges Church in Sélestat
Location
Longitude 07° 27' 18" E
Latitude 48° 15' 37" N
Administration
Country France
Region Alsace
Department Bas-Rhin
(sous-préfecture)
Arrondissement Sélestat-Erstein
Canton Sélestat (chief town)
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de Sélestat
Mayor Marcel Bauer
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude 165–184
(avg. 173 m)
Land area¹ 44.45 km²
Population²
(1999)		 17,179
 - Density (1999) 386.48/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 67462/ 67600
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
France

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

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Coordinates: 48°15′37″N, 7°27′18″E

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