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Location within Alsace region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Wissembourg |
| Canton | Wœrth |
| Mayor | Etienne Martin (2001–2008) |
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| Elevation | 164–463 m (538–1,519 ft) |
| Land area1 | 13.14 km2 (5.07 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 1,120 (2006) |
| - Density | 85 /km2 (220 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67160/ 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 without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Gœrsdorf is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. The commune merged with Mitschdorf at the start of 1973.
Gœrsdorf is part of the Natural Park of the North Vosges region.
Author and priest Joseph Kuntz was born at Gœrsdorf on 25 July 1850: he died on 7 January 1892. Between those dates he founded the journal "l'Elsässer" with his sponsor, Abbot Muller-Simonis. (The German language name of the journal recalls the fact that between 1871 and 1918 Alsace was part of Germany).