Bischwiller (French pronunciation: [biʃvilɛʁ] ; German: Bischweiler; Alsatian: Bíschwiller)[a] is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France,[4] just west of the river Moder.

Bischwiller
Bìschweiler
La Laub, former town hall, now a museum
La Laub, former town hall, now a museum
Coat of arms of Bischwiller
Location of Bischwiller
Map
Bischwiller is located in France
Bischwiller
Bischwiller
Bischwiller is located in Grand Est
Bischwiller
Bischwiller
Coordinates: 48°46′00″N 7°51′27″E / 48.7667°N 7.857500°E / 48.7667; 7.857500
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentBas-Rhin
ArrondissementHaguenau-Wissembourg
CantonBischwiller
IntercommunalityCA Haguenau
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Lucien Netzer[1]
Area
1
17.25 km2 (6.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
12,435
 • Density720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
67046 /67240
Elevation123–147 m (404–482 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography edit

The city is 7.8 kilometers (4.8 mi) southeast of Haguenau, 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) west-northwest of the German border and the Rhine (Rhin), and lies 22 kilometers (14 mi) north-northeast of Strasbourg.

The Moder, a Rhine tributary, flows across the town. Among the other streams which cross the area can be cited the following tributaries of the Moder: the Rothbaechel, the Erlengraben and the Waschgraben. The last one is formed by the confluence of two smaller streams named Weihergraben and Schnuchgraben.

Population edit

Due to its large Turkish minority, Bischwiller has been pejoratively dubbed "Turcwiller" or "Bischtanbul".[5]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 3,250—    
1800 3,449+0.85%
1806 3,902+2.08%
1821 4,806+1.40%
1831 5,927+2.12%
1836 5,854−0.25%
1841 5,721−0.46%
1846 6,260+1.82%
1851 6,642+1.19%
1856 7,676+2.94%
1861 8,780+2.72%
1866 9,911+2.45%
1871 9,220−1.44%
1875 7,102−6.32%
1880 6,827−0.79%
1885 6,815−0.04%
1890 7,014+0.58%
1895 7,304+0.81%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1900 7,897+1.57%
1905 8,279+0.95%
1910 8,149−0.32%
1921 7,210−1.11%
1926 8,142+2.46%
1931 8,059−0.20%
1936 8,248+0.46%
1946 7,581−0.84%
1954 7,843+0.43%
1962 8,198+0.55%
1968 8,780+1.15%
1975 9,653+1.36%
1982 10,612+1.36%
1990 10,969+0.41%
1999 11,596+0.62%
2007 12,659+1.10%
2012 12,643−0.03%
2017 12,538−0.17%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968-2017)[7]

Culture edit

Personalities edit

Photo gallery edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Also spelt Bishweiller in some older sources.[3]
  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Rapp 1823, pp. 365–366.
  4. ^ INSEE commune file
  5. ^ Gasparini, William; Koebel, Michel (2017). "Le football communautaire : enquête dans les clubs alsaciens, France". Sciences de la société. 101 (101): 144–167. doi:10.4000/sds.6469.
  6. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bischwiller, EHESS (in French).
  7. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  8. ^ Forek, Scott (September 9, 2007). "Christian Gutnecht-Goodnight: 'The dark and bloody ground'". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
  9. ^ Neue Zürcher Zeitung 24 juillet 2008, Die Zeit of the same day, and Zeitmagazin Leben 24.7.2008, N.31, p.14-15 (the article in the Zeitmagazin contains a complete genealogy of Barack Obama)
  10. ^ "Obama's forefathers include Swiss immigrant: archivist". Agence France-Presse. September 24, 2008.
  11. ^ Harneis, Robert (January 20, 2009). "Goodnight Mr. President". French News. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2009.

References edit

  • Rapp, comte Jean (1823), Memoirs of General Count Rapp: First Aide-de-camp to Napoleon, H. Colburn and Company

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