Gumbrechtshoffen

Gumbrechtshoffen

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Gumbrechtshoffen

Coordinates: 48°54′21″N 7°37′51″E / 48.9058°N 7.6308°ECoordinates: 48°54′21″N 7°37′51″E / 48.9058°N 7.6308°E
Country France
Region Alsace
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Haguenau
Canton Niederbronn-les-Bains
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Fernand Feig (PR)
Area1 5.74 km2 (2.22 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,248
  Density 220/km2 (560/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 67174 / 67110
Elevation 167–271 m (548–889 ft)

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.

Gumbrechtshoffen is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France, approximately 18 kilometres (eleven miles) northwest of Haguenau.

On September 1, 1945, the villages of Gumbrechtshoffen-Oberbronn (Obergumbrechtshoffen in Alsatian) and Gumbrechtshoffen-Niederbronn (Niedergumbrechtshoffen) merged: Gumbrechtshoffen was the result.

Geography

The commune is positioned between Niederbronn and Haguenau, a couple of kilometres to the west of the main road that connects the two. It is traversed by the River Zinsel.

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