Griesheim-sur-Souffel | ||
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Commune | ||
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Coordinates: 48°38′08″N 7°40′04″E / 48.6356°N 7.6678°ECoordinates: 48°38′08″N 7°40′04″E / 48.6356°N 7.6678°E | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Grand Est | |
Department | Bas-Rhin | |
Arrondissement | Saverne | |
Canton | Bouxwiller | |
Intercommunality | CC Kochersberg | |
Government | ||
• Mayor (2008–2014) | René Wunenburger | |
Area1 | 4.19 km2 (1.62 sq mi) | |
Population (2006)2 | 1,167 | |
• Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 67173 /67370 | |
Elevation | 142–192 m (466–630 ft) | |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Griesheim-sur-Souffel is a commune in the Bas-Rhin département in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is positioned about 8 kilometers to the northwest of the city centre of Strasbourg.
Griesheim-sur-Souffel is one of the 23 member communes of the Community of Communes of the Kochersberg.
It is important to distinguish between Griesheim-sur-Souffel and Griesheim-près-Molsheim, a slightly larger village positioned, as it name indicates, a short distance from Molsheim. The two Griesheims are less than twenty kilometres (twelve miles) apart.
The Souffel stream runs by the village's border with its neighbour village of Dingsheim.