Griesheim-sur-Souffel
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  Griesheim-sur-Souffel | ||
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Location within Alsace region  Griesheim-sur-Souffel | ||
| Coordinates: 48°38′08″N 7°40′04″E / 48.6356°N 7.6678°ECoordinates: 48°38′08″N 7°40′04″E / 48.6356°N 7.6678°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Alsace | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Strasbourg-Campagne | |
| Canton | Truchtersheim | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | René Wunenburger | |
| Area1 | 4.19 km2 (1.62 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 1,167 | |
| • Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67173 / 67370 | |
| Elevation | 142–192 m (466–630 ft) | |
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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. | ||
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Griesheim-sur-Souffel is a commune in the Bas-Rhin département in Alsace in north-eastern France. It is positioned about 8 kilometers to the northwest of the city centre of Strasbourg.
Griesheim-sur-Souffel is one of the nineteen member communes of the Community of Communes of the Kochersberg.
It is important to distinguish between Griesheim-sur-Souffel and Griesheim-près-Molsheim, a slightly larger village positioned, as it name indicates, a short distance from Molsheim. The two Griesheims are less than twenty kilometres (twelve miles) apart.
The Souffel stream runs by the village's border with its neighbour village of Dingsheim.
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