Wissembourg
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Wissembourg is a town located in the Bas-Rhin department in northeastern France, near the German border. It is notable as a French commune with a distinctive multilingual identity, reflected in its South Franconian and German names alongside its French designation.
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- Locality
- Wissembourg
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Population
- 8,800
- Timezone
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Wissembourg (; South Franconian: Weisseburch ; German: Weißenburg ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
Wissembourg was a sub-prefecture of the department until 2015. The name Wissembourg is a Gallicized version of Weißenburg (Weissenburg) in German meaning "white castle". The Latin place-name, sometimes used in ecclesiastical sources, is Sebusium.