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Also known as Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, Bischweiler, Bischofsweiler

Bischwiller (; ; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France, just west of the river Moder.

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Bischwiller is a commune in France, situated in the Grand Est region. It is located within the Bas-Rhin department and the arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg. The town serves as the capital of the canton of Bischwiller and shares borders with Kaltenhouse, Gries, Haguenau, and Oberhoffen-sur-Moder.

The municipality has an area of 17.25 and an elevation of 139. Its population is recorded as 12,746, comprising 6,035 males and 6,503 females. Bischwiller is twinned with the administrative bodies of Hornberg and Zgierz. The official postal code for the area is 67240.

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Place details

Locality
Bischwiller
Region
Grand Est
Country
France
Population
12,308
Timezone
Europe/Paris

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Air quality

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PM2.5
5.8 µg/m³
PM10
7.0 µg/m³
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Key facts

French commune.name
Bischwiller
French commune.native name
Bìschweiler
French commune.commune status
Commune
French commune.image
Bischwiller Laub.JPG
French commune.caption
La Laub, former town hall, now a museum
French commune.image coat of arms
Armoiries de Bischwiller.svg
French commune.arrondissement
Haguenau-Wissembourg
French commune.canton
Bischwiller
French commune.INSEE
67046
French commune.postal code
67240
French commune.mayor
Jean-Lucien Netzer
French commune.term
2020–2026
French commune.intercommunality
CA Haguenau
French commune.elevation min m
123
French commune.elevation max m
147
French commune.area km2
17.25

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Bischwiller
Country
France
Population
12242
Area
17.25
Elevation
130
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Kaltenhouse
Official website
www.ville-bischwiller.fr
Image
Bischwiller Laub.JPG
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twinned administrative body
Zgierz
topic's main category
Category:Bischwiller
Commons category
Bischwiller
category for people born here
Category:Births in Bischwiller
postal code
67240
category of associated people
Category:People from Bischwiller
associated electoral district
canton of Bischwiller
different from
Bischwihr
male population
6035
female population
6503
P8168
Morong
email address
mailto:[email protected]
phone number
+33-3-88-53-99-53
fax number
+33-3-88-63-52-12
Commons gallery
Bischwiller
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
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  • Population
  • Culture
  • Personalities
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  • See also
  • Notes
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Bischwiller (; ; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France, just west of the river Moder.

== Geography ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bischwiller” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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