Gerstetten

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Gerstetten
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Gerstetten
Gerstetten (Germany)
Gerstetten
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Stuttgart
District Heidenheim
Mayor Roland Polaschek
Basic statistics
Area 92.43 km² (35.7 sq mi)
Elevation 624 m  (2047 ft)
Population 12,010  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 130 /km² (337 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate HDH
Postal code 89547
Area codes 07323 (07324 Dettingen/Heuchlingen)
Website www.gerstetten.de

Coordinates: 48°37′21″N 10°01′14″E / 48.6225, 10.02056

Railway Station in Gerstetten
Railway Station in Gerstetten

Gerstetten is a municipality in the district of Heidenheim in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

It consists of the following villages:

  • Gerstetten (population: 6.265)
  • Dettingen (population: 2.042, incorporation 1972)
  • Gussenstadt (population: 1.533, incorporation 1971)
  • Heldenfingen (population: 1.052, incorporation 1971)
  • Heuchlingen (population: 924, incorporation 1974)
  • Heuchstetten (population: 137)
  • and Sontbergen (population: 56, incorporation 1974).

The total population of the municipality is 12.009 (population figures as of September 2004).

[edit] Politics

The current mayor is Roland Polaschek.

[edit] Twin towns

Gerstetten has two twin towns: Cébazat, a small town near Clermont-Ferrand in France and Pilisvörösvár (German: Werischwar) in Hungary, about 20 km from Budapest.

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