Kleingœft

Kleingoeft
Kleingoeft
Administration
Country France
Region Alsace
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Saverne
Canton Marmoutier
Intercommunality Alsace Bossue
Mayor Alain Grad
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 214–261 m (702–856 ft)
Land area1 2.50 km2 (0.97 sq mi)
Population2 133  (2006)
 - Density 53 /km2 (140 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 67244/ 67440
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.

Kleingœft is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

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Geography

Surrounding communes are Wolschheim and Maennolsheim to the northeast; Westhouse-Marmoutier to the southeast; and Lochwiller to the west.

Landmarks

Constructed in the twelfth century, the chapel was originally the parish church of Betbur. Betbur was destroyed during or before the German Peasants' War, and a new village was constructed nearby on the site of what is now known as Kleingœft. The chapel retained its role as a parish church, now being the parish church of Kleingœft, its cemetery being the Kleingœft village cemetery. Later a new larger church was built in the centre of Kleingœft, but the Chapel of Betbur is still open and can be visited: occasionally religious services are still celebrated in it.

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