Wœrth

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Coordinates: 48°56′23″N 7°44′47″E / 48.9397222222, 7.74638888889

Commune of Wœrth

Location
Wœrth (France)
Wœrth
Administration
Country France
Region Alsace
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Wissembourg
Canton Wœrth
(chief town)
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Sauer
Mayor François Grunder
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 160 m–242 m
(avg. 170 m)
Land area¹ 6.47 km²
Population²
(1999)
1670
 - Density 258/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 67550/ 67360
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Wœrth or Woerth (German: Wörth) is a town in the Bas-Rhin département, Alsace, France. It lies 45 km north of Strasbourg. Wœrth is known for the Battle of Wœrth, in the initial stage of the Franco-Prussian War in August 1870.