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Fort-Louis
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Fort-Louis () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
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Fort-Louis is a commune in France, situated in the Grand Est region. It lies within the Bas-Rhin department and the arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg. The municipality is part of the canton of Bischwiller and shares borders with Auenheim, Dalhunden, Rœschwoog, and Roppenheim. Its official name is also recorded as Fort-Vauban.
The area of Fort-Louis is 12.31 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 122 meters. The population is 312, comprising 156 males and 140 females. The commune is located next to the Rhine and Moder bodies of water. Its postal code is 67480.
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Fort-Louis
- French commune.native name
- For-Lui
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Fort-Louis (Bas-Rhin).svg
- French commune.image
- Vestiges Fort Carre Fort-Louis 2006-1.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Southern entrance of Fort Carré in Fort-Louis at the beginning of the 21st century
- French commune.arrondissement
- Haguenau-Wissembourg
- French commune.canton
- Bischwiller
- French commune.INSEE
- 67142
- French commune.postal code
- 67480
- French commune.mayor
- Daniel Cousandier
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.elevation min m
- 113
- French commune.elevation max m
- 122
- French commune.area km2
- 12.31
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Fort-Vauban
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Bas-Rhin
- Population
- 282
- Area
- 12.31
- Elevation
- 118
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Moder
- Shares border with
- Hügelsheim
- Official website
- www.fort-louis.fr
- Image
- Vestiges Fort Carre Fort-Louis 2006-1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Fort-Louis (Bas-Rhin)
- postal code
- 67480
- associated electoral district
- canton of Bischwiller
- male population
- 156
- female population
- 140
- P8168
- T-bone steak
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-88-86-41-61
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Encyclopedic overview
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Fort-Louis () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
It acquired its name and its principal raison d'être from a 17th-century fort, known as Fort Louis. More recently the population of the settlement increased between 1962 and 2004 from 137 to 279.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fort-Louis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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